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OPS 6638 (VELA 7), 2765

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPS 6638 (VELA 7), 2765 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SSD (US) in HEO that was launched on Fri, 28 Apr 1967 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

2765, 1967-040A

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

10 months ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

TRW

Mission

Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

VELA, BE-3

Mass

331 kg wet, 221 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1967-04-28 (58 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TITAN IIIC

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Poly, 1.42 m

Radar Cross Section

2.036 m²

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TLE from 10 months ago

0 OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
1 02765U 67040A   24191.21787369 -.00001435  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 02765  37.2403  25.7751 4714903 260.7106 358.0572  0.21499723 11984

Epoch: 2024-07-09T05:13Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-07-09T05:13:44.286Z)

Latitude

-35.34894°

Longitude

-91.02605°

Altitude

54,911.134 km

Speed

3.102 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 20m 11s

True Declination

-35° 19' 48"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

32.98351°

Longitude

68.76213°

Altitude

148,026.841 km

Speed

1.333 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 53m 04s

Apparent Declination

31° 02' 37"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:47:43

Azimuth

321.353° NNW

Elevation

-7.053°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

166,818.123 km

Perigee altitude

55,828.12 km

Semi-major axis

117,701.258 km

Eccentricity

0.4714903

Inclination

37.2403°

RAAN

25.7751°

Arg. of periapsis

260.7106°

True anomaly

353.87372°

Mean anomaly

358.0572°

Eccentric anomaly

356.32625°

Mean motion

0.05375 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

6697.78 mins

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Other satellites on launch #40 in the year 1967 (1967-04-28 UTC)

OPS 6679 (VELA 8), 2766

ERS 18, 2767

ERS 20 (OV5-3), 2768

ERS 27 (OV5-1), 2769

TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B, 2770

VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE, 60000

OPS 6638 (VELA 7) 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.
890 mins	2025-05-09 14:49:01.442Z	51.871° ENE	2025-05-09 22:48:01.442Z	193.814° SSW	44.987°	2025-05-10 05:39:01.442Z	302.244° NW

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