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GLOBALSTAR M003, 25165

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GLOBALSTAR M003, 25165 is a payload satellite owned by Globalstar (US) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 14 Feb 1998 UTC via a DELTA 7420-10C 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

25165, 1998-008D

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

Globalstar Inc. (US / GLOB)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LS-400, Unknown motor

Mass

450 kg wet, 380 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1998-02-14 (27 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DELTA 7420-10C

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 12 m

Radar Cross Section

5.587 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 GLOBALSTAR M003
1 25165U 98008D   25130.86868809 -.00000122  00000-0 -34510-3 0  9991
2 25165  51.9999 271.8790 0007899 213.7406 309.4830 12.12076281228787

Epoch: 2025-05-10T20:50Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-10T20:50:54.65Z)

Latitude

13.20528°

Longitude

-100.26499°

Altitude

1,623.154 km

Speed

7.063 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 25m 28s

True Declination

13° 08' 14"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-11.68453°

Longitude

-81.20503°

Altitude

1,624.211 km

Speed

7.062 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 13m 14s

Apparent Declination

-37° 03' 10"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:13:42

Azimuth

246.902° WSW

Elevation

-33.111°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,633.947 km

Perigee altitude

1,621.3 km

Semi-major axis

8,005.761 km

Eccentricity

0.0007899

Inclination

51.9999°

RAAN

271.879°

Arg. of periapsis

213.7406°

True anomaly

309.41309°

Mean anomaly

309.483°

Eccentric anomaly

309.44805°

Mean motion

3.02998 °/min

BSTAR

-0.0003451

Orbital period

118.81 mins

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Other satellites on launch #8 in the year 1998 (1998-02-14 UTC)

GLOBALSTAR M001, 25162

GLOBALSTAR M004, 25163

GLOBALSTAR M002, 25164

DELTA 2 R/B, 25166 (Decayed)

GLOBALSTAR DEB, 25350 (Decayed)

GLOBALSTAR M004 DEB, 43356

GLOBALSTAR M004 DEB, 43357

GLOBALSTAR M003 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.
13 mins	2025-05-11 09:53:33.843Z	164.181° S	2025-05-11 10:00:33.843Z	117.414° SE	20.213°	2025-05-11 10:06:33.843Z	77.183° E
18 mins	2025-05-11 11:55:33.843Z	220.576° SW	2025-05-11 12:03:33.843Z	163.27° S	44.148°	2025-05-11 12:13:33.843Z	54.095° ENE
17 mins	2025-05-11 14:01:33.843Z	270.076° WNW	2025-05-11 14:09:33.843Z	339.415° N	37.271°	2025-05-11 14:18:33.843Z	53.562° ENE
17 mins	2025-05-11 16:08:33.843Z	301.708° NW	2025-05-11 16:16:33.843Z	6.401° NNE	33.81°	2025-05-11 16:25:33.843Z	76.369° E
18 mins	2025-05-11 18:14:33.843Z	309.363° NW	2025-05-11 18:23:33.843Z	55.173° ENE	43.515°	2025-05-11 18:32:33.843Z	117.894° SE
15 mins	2025-05-11 20:20:33.843Z	292.393° WNW	2025-05-11 20:27:33.843Z	233.254° WSW	32.87°	2025-05-11 20:35:33.843Z	170.512° S

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