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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

2866, 1967-066E

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization (US)

Manufacturer

MIT-LL

Mission

Partially operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

LES, Unknown motor

Mass

102 kg wet, 102 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

Cyl, 1.7 m

Radar Cross Section

2.168 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 LES 5
1 02866U 67066E   25128.81055861 -.00000047  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 02866   1.7074 111.8454 0053730 191.3949 213.9416  1.09425160126611

Epoch: 2025-05-08T19:27Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T19:27:12.263Z)

Latitude

1.18847°

Longitude

-1.85131°

Altitude

33,577.231 km

Speed

3.152 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 27m 18s

True Declination

1° 11' 14"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.79167°

Longitude

161.37845°

Altitude

33,196.971 km

Speed

3.182 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 43m 58s

Apparent Declination

-6° 15' 57"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:30:37

Azimuth

72.189° E

Elevation

-29.275°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

33,616.025 km

Perigee altitude

33,188.545 km

Semi-major axis

39,780.422 km

Eccentricity

0.005373

Inclination

1.7074°

RAAN

111.8454°

Arg. of periapsis

191.3949°

True anomaly

213.59973°

Mean anomaly

213.9416°

Eccentric anomaly

213.77048°

Mean motion

0.27355 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1316.02 mins

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

OPS 9331 (IDSCS 16), 2862

OPS 9332 (IDSCS 17), 2863

OPS 9333 (IDSCS 18), 2864

OPS 9334 (DATS), 2865

DODGE 1, 2867

TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B, 2868

LES 5 Visibility forecast

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