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TRAAC, 205

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TRAAC, 205 is a payload satellite owned by USN BuWeps (US) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 15 Nov 1961 UTC via a THOR ABLESTAR launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

205, 1961-031B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

United States Navy (US)

Manufacturer

APL

Mission

Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

TRANSIT 4, Unknown motor

Mass

105 kg wet, 105 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1961-11-15 (63 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR ABLESTAR

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + Ell, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

1.323 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 TRAAC
1   205U 61031B   25129.09594853  .00000064  00000-0  51016-4 0  9997
2   205  32.4424  17.9846 0101888 149.9875 210.6634 13.62545177164411

Epoch: 2025-05-09T02:18Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T02:18:09.952Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

116.28609°

Altitude

1,090.276 km

Speed

7.277 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 11m 56s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-8.49459°

Longitude

99.85452°

Altitude

1,101.009 km

Speed

7.267 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 24m 22s

Apparent Declination

-63° 37' 20"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:28:00

Azimuth

187.221° SSW

Elevation

-14.309°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,105.322 km

Perigee altitude

954.365 km

Semi-major axis

7,407.98 km

Eccentricity

0.0101888

Inclination

32.4424°

RAAN

17.9846°

Arg. of periapsis

149.9875°

True anomaly

210.07442°

Mean anomaly

210.6634°

Eccentric anomaly

210.36827°

Mean motion

3.40403 °/min

BSTAR

0.000051016

Orbital period

105.76 mins

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Other satellites on launch #31 in the year 1961 (1961-11-15 UTC)

TRANSIT 4B, 202

THOR ABLESTAR R/B, 204

TRAAC DEB, 10796

TRAAC Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
10 mins	2025-05-09 20:06:33.781Z	209.712° SW	2025-05-09 20:11:33.781Z	155.889° SSE	24.828°	2025-05-09 20:16:33.781Z	105.355° ESE
10 mins	2025-05-09 21:58:33.781Z	236.201° WSW	2025-05-09 22:03:33.781Z	163.582° S	34.019°	2025-05-09 22:08:33.781Z	107.896° ESE
10 mins	2025-05-09 23:50:33.781Z	249.403° W	2025-05-09 23:54:33.781Z	199.016° SSW	32.076°	2025-05-10 00:00:33.781Z	125.375° SE
7 mins	2025-05-10 01:43:33.781Z	238.513° WSW	2025-05-10 01:46:33.781Z	204.71° SW	19.43°	2025-05-10 01:50:33.781Z	163.079° S

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