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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

15 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 15 hours ago

0 OPS 8068
1 01580U 65072A   25191.45843452  .00000075  00000-0  37163-4 0  9993
2 01580  98.3785 354.8339 0229341 335.8732  23.1841 14.29315091 84199

Epoch: 2025-07-10T11:00Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-10T11:00:08.742Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-98.82695°

Altitude

646.331 km

Speed

7.613 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 39m 20s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

14.82923°

Longitude

-100.44058°

Altitude

670.515 km

Speed

7.589 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 45m 21s

Apparent Declination

-11° 48' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:27:54

Azimuth

45.978° ENE

Elevation

-53.916°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

955.57 km

Perigee altitude

626.728 km

Semi-major axis

7,169.286 km

Eccentricity

0.02293

Inclination

98.3785°

RAAN

354.8339°

Arg. of periapsis

335.8732°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

23.1841°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.57544 °/min

Orbital period

100.69 mins

BSTAR

0.000037163

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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	2025-07-11 10:38:23.253Z	153.448° SSE	2025-07-11 10:42:23.253Z	84.794° E	42.09°	2025-07-11 10:47:23.253Z	353.073° N
8 mins	2025-07-11 22:53:23.253Z	46.882° ENE	2025-07-11 22:56:23.253Z	87.881° E	27.084°	2025-07-11 23:01:23.253Z	152.316° SSE
9 mins	2025-07-12 00:32:23.253Z	350.76° N	2025-07-12 00:36:23.253Z	289.656° WNW	33.241°	2025-07-12 00:41:23.253Z	225.438° WSW

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