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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

Country

Related business

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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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 OPS 8068
1 01580U 65072A   25245.92105359  .00001291  00000-0  39491-3 0  9998
2 01580  98.3858  47.2816 0229880 174.3186 186.0689 14.29362189 91973

Epoch: 2025-09-02T22:06Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-02T22:06:19.03Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

93.39695°

Altitude

960.823 km

Speed

7.287 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 09m 07s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

21:50:46

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

955.796 km

Perigee altitude

626.188 km

Semi-major axis

7,169.129 km

Eccentricity

0.02299

Inclination

98.3858°

RAAN

47.2816°

Arg. of periapsis

174.3186°

True anomaly

185.79814°

Mean anomaly

186.0689°

Eccentric anomaly

185.93276°

Mean motion

3.57556 °/min

Orbital period

100.68 mins

BSTAR

0.00039491

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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.
9 mins	2025-09-03 09:59:43.590Z	130.601° SE	2025-09-03 10:04:43.590Z	63.149° ENE	30.355°	2025-09-03 10:08:43.590Z	8.791° NNE
9 mins	2025-09-03 11:39:43.590Z	206.506° SW	2025-09-03 11:43:43.590Z	258.559° W	28.208°	2025-09-03 11:48:43.590Z	324.81° NNW
7 mins	2025-09-03 23:54:43.590Z	5.874° NNE	2025-09-03 23:57:43.590Z	267.489° W	43.461°	2025-09-04 00:01:43.590Z	201.899° SSW