WESTFORD NEEDLES, 2364

Orbit data source: Space-Track

WESTFORD NEEDLES, 2364 is space debris in LEO originally from a launch on Thu, 09 May 1963 UTC launched from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Debris objects in space refer to the collection of defunct objects orbiting the Earth. Examples of debris include non-operational satellites, rocket bodies, and fragments generated from explosions, collisions, or faulty payload assembly.

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Identifier

2364, 1963-014P

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

19 hours ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

1963-05-09 (62 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Medium (>0.1 m² and <1 m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 WESTFORD NEEDLES
1 02364U 63014P   25169.38784010  .00000014  00000-0  34832-2 0  9990
2 02364  87.5720 314.0826 0663790  59.3843 307.0776  8.67485188964423

Epoch: 2025-06-18T09:18Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-18T09:18:29.384Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

-92.41043°

Altitude

3,258.615 km

Speed

6.55 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 56m 19s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-85.85147°

Longitude

-128.10006°

Altitude

4,186.029 km

Speed

5.979 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 17m 47s

Apparent Declination

-72° 48' 17"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:50:05

Azimuth

175.643° S

Elevation

-56.875°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

4,288.888 km

Perigee altitude

2,960.906 km

Semi-major axis

10,003.034 km

Eccentricity

0.06638

Inclination

87.572°

RAAN

314.0826°

Arg. of periapsis

59.3843°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

307.0776°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

2.16943 °/min

Orbital period

165.94 mins

BSTAR

0.0034832

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WESTFORD NEEDLES 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.
20 mins	2025-06-19 07:36:00.607Z	107.586° ESE	2025-06-19 07:46:00.607Z	64.226° ENE	21.8°	2025-06-19 07:56:00.607Z	20.107° NNE
29 mins	2025-06-19 10:15:00.607Z	184.049° SSW	2025-06-19 10:29:00.607Z	251.992° W	44.522°	2025-06-19 10:44:00.607Z	359.924° N
14 mins	2025-06-19 13:13:00.607Z	275.102° WNW	2025-06-19 13:20:00.607Z	304.948° NW	14.877°	2025-06-19 13:27:00.607Z	334.539° NNW
27 mins	2025-06-19 19:15:00.607Z	16.348° NNE	2025-06-19 19:27:00.607Z	67.162° ENE	24.832°	2025-06-19 19:42:00.607Z	122.042° SE
35 mins	2025-06-19 22:00:00.607Z	356.249° N	2025-06-19 22:15:00.607Z	281.764° WNW	44.446°	2025-06-19 22:35:00.607Z	191.952° SSW
17 mins	2025-06-20 00:50:00.607Z	329.978° NNW	2025-06-20 00:57:00.607Z	302.543° NW	16.879°	2025-06-20 01:07:00.607Z	267.445° W

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