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OPS 8068, 1580

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPS 8068, 1580 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SSD (US) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 10 Sep 1965 UTC via a THOR BURNER 1 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

1580, 1965-072A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

RCA/East Windsor

Mission

Defense Weather

Bus & Motor

P35, Unknown motor

Mass

72 kg wet, 72 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1965-09-10 (60 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR BURNER 1

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.377 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 OPS 8068
1  1580U 65072A   25200.06871373  .00000129  00000-0  53223-4 0  9999
2  1580  98.3795   3.1221 0228894 310.3369  47.8017 14.29317971105966

Epoch: 2025-07-19T01:38Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-19T01:38:56.866Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

41.27404°

Altitude

688.771 km

Speed

7.568 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 12m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

47.5811°

Longitude

32.45964°

Altitude

823.666 km

Speed

7.434 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 06m 55s

Apparent Declination

39° 39' 27"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:46:43

Azimuth

307.164° NW

Elevation

17.908°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

955.24 km

Perigee altitude

627.039 km

Semi-major axis

7,169.277 km

Eccentricity

0.02289

Inclination

98.3795°

RAAN

3.1221°

Arg. of periapsis

310.3369°

True anomaly

49.78248°

Mean anomaly

47.8017°

Eccentric anomaly

48.78829°

Mean motion

3.57545 °/min

Orbital period

100.69 mins

BSTAR

0.000053223

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Other satellites on launch #72 in the year 1965 (1965-09-10 UTC)

THOR ALTAIR DEB (YO), 1581 (Decayed)

THOR ALTAIR DEB (YO), 1582 (Decayed)

THOR ALTAIR R/B, 1583

THOR ALTAIR DEB, 1931

THOR ALTAIR DEB, 1932 (Decayed)

OPS 8068 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
6 mins	2025-07-19 22:26:03.570Z	57.894° ENE	2025-07-19 22:29:03.570Z	91.87° ESE	17.464°	2025-07-19 22:32:03.570Z	125.385° SE
10 mins	2025-07-20 00:04:03.570Z	5.832° NNE	2025-07-20 00:09:03.570Z	278.356° WNW	42.703°	2025-07-20 00:14:03.570Z	206.789° SW
6 mins	2025-07-20 09:44:03.570Z	100.735° ESE	2025-07-20 09:47:03.570Z	57.439° ENE	20.335°	2025-07-20 09:50:03.570Z	20.255° NNE
8 mins	2025-07-20 11:23:03.570Z	199.373° SSW	2025-07-20 11:26:03.570Z	268.732° W	36.229°	2025-07-20 11:31:03.570Z	335.351° NNW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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