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 Defense Communications
Bus & Motor
LES, Unknown motor
Mass
102 kg wet, 102 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cyl, 0.8 m
Radar Cross Section
2.168 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago
TLE from 14 hours ago
0 LES 5
1 02866U 67066E 25259.22245963 -.00000073 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
2 02866 1.9914 105.9145 0052879 195.0881 111.1258 1.09425237128032Epoch: 2025-09-16T05:20Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-16T05:20:20.512Z)
Latitude
-1.61499°
Longitude
-22.79455°
Altitude
33,476.809 km
Speed
3.16 km/s
True Right ascension
03h 30m 49s
True Declination
-1° 36' 48"
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
12:12:36
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
33,612.621 km
Perigee altitude
33,191.911 km
Semi-major axis
39,780.403 km
Eccentricity
0.00529
Inclination
1.9914°
RAAN
105.9145°
Arg. of periapsis
195.0881°
True anomaly
111.68967°
Mean anomaly
111.1258°
Eccentric anomaly
111.40787°
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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