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OPS 9331 (IDSCS 16), 2862

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPS 9331 (IDSCS 16), 2862 is a payload satellite owned by SAMSO (US) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 01 Jul 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

2862, 1967-066A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization (US)

Manufacturer

Philco-Ford WDL

Mission

Non-operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

IDCSP, Unknown motor

Mass

45 kg wet, 45 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1967-07-01 (58 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TITAN IIIC

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Poly, 0.9 m

Radar Cross Section

0.926 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 OPS 9331 (IDSCS 16)
1 02862U 67066A   25128.88729231 -.00000068  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 02862   1.9490 109.0685 0063367 224.3118 238.6769  1.09955472132759

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:17Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:17:42.055Z)

Latitude

1.88828°

Longitude

25.07042°

Altitude

33,404.366 km

Speed

3.16 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 05m 47s

True Declination

1° 53' 11"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-1.55237°

Longitude

156.37661°

Altitude

33,025.57 km

Speed

3.19 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 06m 49s

Apparent Declination

-6° 45' 17"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:21:25

Azimuth

51.34° ENE

Elevation

-45.195°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

33,525.548 km

Perigee altitude

33,023.017 km

Semi-major axis

39,652.419 km

Eccentricity

0.0063367

Inclination

1.949°

RAAN

109.0685°

Arg. of periapsis

224.3118°

True anomaly

238.05916°

Mean anomaly

238.6769°

Eccentric anomaly

238.36777°

Mean motion

0.27488 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1309.68 mins

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Other satellites on launch #66 in the year 1967 (1967-07-01 UTC)

OPS 9332 (IDSCS 17), 2863

OPS 9333 (IDSCS 18), 2864

OPS 9334 (DATS), 2865

LES 5, 2866

DODGE 1, 2867

TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B, 2868

OPS 9331 (IDSCS 16) Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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