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OPS 1593 (TRANSIT 11), 1952

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPS 1593 (TRANSIT 11), 1952 is a payload satellite owned by USN BuWeps (US) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 28 Jan 1966 UTC via an SCOUT A 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

1952, 1966-005A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

United States Navy (US)

Manufacturer

NAFI

Mission

Defense Navigation

Bus & Motor

TRANSIT 5, Unknown motor

Mass

~50 kg wet, ~50 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1966-01-28 (59 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SCOUT A

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Oct Cyl + 4 Pan + 1 Rod, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

7.565 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 OPS 1593 (TRANSIT 11)
1  1952U 66005A   25128.73443708  .00000246  00000-0  23404-3 0  9996
2  1952  90.1528 345.5057 0218486 145.0691 216.5032 13.67969401951277

Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:37Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:37:35.363Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-145.69233°

Altitude

1,140.794 km

Speed

7.218 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 02m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

73.01421°

Longitude

34.81492°

Altitude

888.101 km

Speed

7.48 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 00m 20s

Apparent Declination

29° 56' 10"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:20:38

Azimuth

337.621° N

Elevation

-16.411°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,165.179 km

Perigee altitude

842.605 km

Semi-major axis

7,382.029 km

Eccentricity

0.0218486

Inclination

90.1528°

RAAN

345.5057°

Arg. of periapsis

145.0691°

True anomaly

215.04603°

Mean anomaly

216.5032°

Eccentric anomaly

215.77144°

Mean motion

3.422 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023404

Orbital period

105.2 mins

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Other satellites on launch #5 in the year 1966 (1966-01-28 UTC)

TRANSIT 11 DEB, 11990 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 11 DEB, 11991

TRANSIT 11 DEB, 14226 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 11 DEB, 15341 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 11 DEB, 19366 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 11 DEB, 24704 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 11 DEB, 38523 (Decayed)

OPS 1593 (TRANSIT 11) 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.
5 mins	2025-05-09 13:06:30.686Z	96.49° ESE	2025-05-09 13:09:30.686Z	67.802° E	13.525°	2025-05-09 13:11:30.686Z	48.175° ENE
11 mins	2025-05-09 14:48:30.686Z	177.529° S	2025-05-09 14:53:30.686Z	285.4° WNW	44.959°	2025-05-09 14:59:30.686Z	356.946° N
8 mins	2025-05-10 01:50:30.686Z	34.249° NE	2025-05-10 01:53:30.686Z	75.172° E	24.791°	2025-05-10 01:58:30.686Z	141.69° SSE
8 mins	2025-05-10 03:35:30.686Z	334.931° NNW	2025-05-10 03:39:30.686Z	271.138° WNW	28.028°	2025-05-10 03:43:30.686Z	221.208° SW

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