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OPS 6073 (DMSP 4A F2), 2669

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPS 6073 (DMSP 4A F2), 2669 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SSD (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 08 Feb 1967 UTC via a THOR BURNER 2 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

2669, 1967-010A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

RCA/East Windsor

Mission

Non-operational Defense Weather

Bus & Motor

DMSP BLOCK 4A, Unknown motor

Mass

79 kg wet, 79 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1967-02-08 (58 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR BURNER 2

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Oct Cyl, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.655 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 OPS 6073 (DMSP 4A F2)
1 02669U 67010A   25134.87195723  .00000166  00000-0  84667-4 0  9992
2 02669  99.0789 116.1540 0050026  91.7353 268.9558 14.28029708 27481

Epoch: 2025-05-14T20:55Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-14T20:55:37.104Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-70.60071°

Altitude

802.072 km

Speed

7.452 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 44m 36s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-41.75031°

Longitude

-62.08908°

Altitude

838.637 km

Speed

7.42 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 12m 31s

Apparent Declination

-53° 03' 59"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:40:29

Azimuth

231.55° WSW

Elevation

-52.204°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

831.377 km

Perigee altitude

759.603 km

Semi-major axis

7,173.627 km

Eccentricity

0.0050026

Inclination

99.0789°

RAAN

116.154°

Arg. of periapsis

91.7353°

True anomaly

268.38271°

Mean anomaly

268.9558°

Eccentric anomaly

268.66925°

Mean motion

3.57219 °/min

BSTAR

0.000084667

Orbital period

100.78 mins

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OPS 6073 (DMSP 4A F2) 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.
8 mins	2025-05-15 10:58:12.456Z	37.387° NE	2025-05-15 11:02:12.456Z	103.392° ESE	29.841°	2025-05-15 11:06:12.456Z	161.446° S
6 mins	2025-05-15 12:39:12.456Z	332.065° NNW	2025-05-15 12:41:12.456Z	298.662° NW	24.153°	2025-05-15 12:45:12.456Z	241.188° WSW
8 mins	2025-05-15 22:17:12.456Z	142.882° SSE	2025-05-15 22:20:12.456Z	93.336° ESE	38.637°	2025-05-15 22:25:12.456Z	356.254° N
4 mins	2025-05-15 23:59:12.456Z	248.268° W	2025-05-16 00:00:12.456Z	261.912° W	15.792°	2025-05-16 00:03:12.456Z	300.845° NW

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