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ORBCOMM FM 13, 25420

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ORBCOMM FM 13, 25420 is a payload satellite owned by Orbcomm (US) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 02 Aug 1998 UTC via a PEGASUS XL/HAPS launch vehicle from the Pegasus Launch, Eastern Range Air Space (ERAS). 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

25420, 1998-046H

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

Orbcomm Inc. (US / ORB)

Manufacturer

OSC-Germantown

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

MICROSTAR, Unknown motor

Mass

42 kg wet, 42 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1998-08-02 (27 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PEGASUS XL/HAPS

Launch site

Pegasus Launch, Eastern Range Air Space (ERAS)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 2 Pan, 4.3 m

Radar Cross Section

1.484 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 ORBCOMM FM 13
1 25420U 98046H   25128.82089010  .00001270  00000-0  46626-3 0  9993
2 25420  44.9990  10.7463 0005308  72.3630 287.7797 14.37591954397574

Epoch: 2025-05-08T19:42Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T19:42:04.904Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-151.66008°

Altitude

765.308 km

Speed

7.474 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 42m 59s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

4.08146°

Longitude

-149.57154°

Altitude

764.64 km

Speed

7.474 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 16m 21s

Apparent Declination

-16° 39' 14"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:52:49

Azimuth

21.408° NNE

Elevation

-65.426°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

771.805 km

Perigee altitude

764.218 km

Semi-major axis

7,146.149 km

Eccentricity

0.0005308

Inclination

44.999°

RAAN

10.7463°

Arg. of periapsis

72.363°

True anomaly

287.72177°

Mean anomaly

287.7797°

Eccentric anomaly

287.75074°

Mean motion

3.59282 °/min

BSTAR

0.00046626

Orbital period

100.2 mins

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Other satellites on launch #46 in the year 1998 (1998-08-02 UTC)

PEGASUS R/B(1), 25421 (Decayed)

PEGASUS R/B(2), 25422 (Decayed)

ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB, 44017 (Decayed)

ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB, 44018 (Decayed)

ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB, 44019 (Decayed)

ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB, 44020 (Decayed)

ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB, 44021 (Decayed)

ORBCOMM FM 13 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.
5 mins	2025-05-09 17:32:06.003Z	164.06° S	2025-05-09 17:35:06.003Z	128.681° SE	14.054°	2025-05-09 17:37:06.003Z	105.595° ESE
9 mins	2025-05-09 19:15:06.003Z	225.211° WSW	2025-05-09 19:19:06.003Z	154.409° SSE	40.97°	2025-05-09 19:24:06.003Z	71.143° E
8 mins	2025-05-09 21:01:06.003Z	274.701° WNW	2025-05-09 21:04:06.003Z	326.139° NNW	39.505°	2025-05-09 21:09:06.003Z	64.917° ENE
8 mins	2025-05-09 22:47:06.003Z	299.566° NW	2025-05-09 22:50:06.003Z	357.567° N	37.991°	2025-05-09 22:55:06.003Z	82.782° E
9 mins	2025-05-10 00:32:06.003Z	291.139° WNW	2025-05-10 00:36:06.003Z	168.81° S	44.298°	2025-05-10 00:41:06.003Z	120.613° SE
6 mins	2025-05-10 02:18:06.003Z	257.718° W	2025-05-10 02:20:06.003Z	230.276° WSW	20.154°	2025-05-10 02:24:06.003Z	177.321° S

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