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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

19 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, 0.6 m

Radar Cross Section

0.377 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 OPS 8068
1 01580U 65072A   25128.45462584  .00000811  00000-0  25338-3 0  9994
2 01580  98.3729 294.2197 0230466 161.5666 199.4043 14.29267235 75193

Epoch: 2025-05-08T10:54Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T10:54:39.672Z)

Latitude

-0.0001°

Longitude

-95.97047°

Altitude

953.469 km

Speed

7.294 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 36m 52s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

72.56337°

Longitude

112.57076°

Altitude

706.549 km

Speed

7.561 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 44m 58s

Apparent Declination

30° 24' 21"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:02:08

Azimuth

337.128° NNW

Elevation

-15.74°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

956.541 km

Perigee altitude

626.078 km

Semi-major axis

7,169.446 km

Eccentricity

0.0230466

Inclination

98.3729°

RAAN

294.2197°

Arg. of periapsis

161.5666°

True anomaly

198.55016°

Mean anomaly

199.4043°

Eccentric anomaly

198.97494°

Mean motion

3.57532 °/min

BSTAR

0.00025338

Orbital period

100.69 mins

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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	2025-05-09 10:33:24.013Z	146.017° SSE	2025-05-09 10:38:24.013Z	57.768° ENE	39.021°	2025-05-09 10:42:24.013Z	359.14° N
6 mins	2025-05-09 12:15:24.013Z	235.429° WSW	2025-05-09 12:17:24.013Z	260.445° W	18.691°	2025-05-09 12:21:24.013Z	309.567° NW
6 mins	2025-05-10 00:28:24.013Z	347.95° N	2025-05-10 00:31:24.013Z	275.348° WNW	32.065°	2025-05-10 00:34:24.013Z	223.788° SW

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