LES 5, 2866
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LES 5, 2866 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
MIT-LL
Mission
Partially operational spacecraft
Bus & Motor
LES, Unknown motor
Mass
102 kg wet, 102 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Unknown
Radar Cross Section
Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago
TLE from 12 hours ago
0 LES 5
1 02866U 67066E 25293.62919562 -.00000074 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990
2 02866 2.0699 104.4767 0054315 196.5095 345.4499 1.09425598128419Epoch: 2025-10-20T15:06Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-20T15:06:02.501Z)
Latitude
-0.04419°
Longitude
30.41213°
Altitude
33,192.575 km
Speed
3.182 km/s
True Right ascension
19h 05m 00s
True Declination
0° 02' 39"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
22:18:14
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
33,618.245 km
Perigee altitude
33,186.111 km
Semi-major axis
39,780.315 km
Eccentricity
0.00543
Inclination
2.0699°
RAAN
104.4767°
Arg. of periapsis
196.5095°
True anomaly
345.2925°
Mean anomaly
345.4499°
Eccentric anomaly
345.3713°
Mean motion
0.27355 °/min
Orbital period
1,316.02 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #66 in the year 1967 (1967-07-01 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.LES 5 Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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