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OPS 9312 (IDSCS 2), 2216

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPS 9312 (IDSCS 2), 2216 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SSD (US) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 16 Jun 1966 UTC via a TITAN IIIC 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

2216, 1966-053C

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

19 hours ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

Philco-Ford WDL

Mission

Non-operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

IDCSP, Unknown motor

Mass

45 kg wet, 45 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1966-06-16 (59 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TITAN IIIC

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Ico Poly, 0.9 m

Radar Cross Section

0.926 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 OPS 9312 (IDSCS 2)
1 02216U 66053C   25128.89007249 -.00000096  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 02216   7.9095  47.5461 0031241 208.3799 330.8103  1.07851501 44902

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:21Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:21:42.263Z)

Latitude

0.11969°

Longitude

39.19787°

Altitude

33,676.697 km

Speed

3.159 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 06m 18s

True Declination

0° 07' 10"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

6.66491°

Longitude

-17.21423°

Altitude

33,776.301 km

Speed

3.151 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 26m 52s

Apparent Declination

0° 45' 01"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:17:51

Azimuth

19.132° NNE

Elevation

-47.699°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

33,913.74 km

Perigee altitude

33,662.772 km

Semi-major axis

40,166.393 km

Eccentricity

0.0031241

Inclination

7.9095°

RAAN

47.5461°

Arg. of periapsis

208.3799°

True anomaly

330.63511°

Mean anomaly

330.8103°

Eccentric anomaly

330.72276°

Mean motion

0.26962 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1335.22 mins

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Other satellites on launch #53 in the year 1966 (1966-06-16 UTC)

OPS 9381 (GGTS), 2207

OPS 9311 (IDSCS 1), 2215

OPS 9313 (IDSCS 3), 2217

OPS 9314 (IDSCS 4), 2218

OPS 9315 (IDSCS 5), 2219

OPS 9316 (IDSCS 6), 2220

OPS 9317 (IDSCS 7), 2221

TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B, 2222

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