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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

13 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 13 hours ago

0 LES 5
1 02866U 67066E   25183.96109769 -.00000057  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 02866   1.8282 109.2398 0052051 193.4716 340.6771  1.09425399127214

Epoch: 2025-07-02T23:03Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T23:03:58.84Z)

Latitude

0.17501°

Longitude

15.97428°

Altitude

33,204.58 km

Speed

3.181 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 52m 48s

True Declination

0° 10' 29"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.80269°

Longitude

-132.5631°

Altitude

33,603.246 km

Speed

3.149 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 15m 33s

Apparent Declination

-4° 35' 06"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:43:19

Azimuth

53.096° ENE

Elevation

-41.478°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

33,609.288 km

Perigee altitude

33,195.166 km

Semi-major axis

39,780.364 km

Eccentricity

0.00521

Inclination

1.8282°

RAAN

109.2398°

Arg. of periapsis

193.4716°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

340.6771°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.27355 °/min

Orbital period

1,316.02 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

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