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OPS 1264 (DMSP 4A F4), 2980

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPS 1264 (DMSP 4A F4), 2980 is a payload satellite owned by SAMSO (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 11 Oct 1967 UTC via a THOR BURNER 2 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

2980, 1967-096A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization (US)

Manufacturer

RCA/East Windsor

Mission

Non-operational Defense Weather

Bus & Motor

DMSP BLOCK 4A, Unknown motor

Mass

79 kg wet, 79 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1967-10-11 (58 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR BURNER 2

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Oct Cyl, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.655 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 OPS 1264 (DMSP 4A F4)
1 02980U 67096A   25186.58126619  .00000506  00000-0  10528-3 0  9997
2 02980  99.2263 217.8255 0095004  86.0721 275.1331 14.62484235 36453

Epoch: 2025-07-05T13:57Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T13:57:01.398Z)

Latitude

-0.00011°

Longitude

84.75244°

Altitude

682.748 km

Speed

7.518 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 31m 18s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

27.44399°

Longitude

80.32732°

Altitude

651.765 km

Speed

7.554 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

17h 26m 18s

Apparent Declination

-8° 28' 17"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:13:18

Azimuth

84.783° E

Elevation

-19.397°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

749.368 km

Perigee altitude

615.215 km

Semi-major axis

7,060.429 km

Eccentricity

0.0095

Inclination

99.2263°

RAAN

217.8255°

Arg. of periapsis

86.0721°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

275.1331°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.65845 °/min

Orbital period

98.4 mins

BSTAR

0.00010528

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OPS 1264 (DMSP 4A F4) Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
7 mins	2025-07-06 01:34:08.746Z	141.245° SSE	2025-07-06 01:38:08.746Z	66.686° ENE	34.823°	2025-07-06 01:41:08.746Z	4.589° NNE
7 mins	2025-07-06 15:09:08.746Z	11.39° NNE	2025-07-06 15:12:08.746Z	329.413° NNW	44.42°	2025-07-06 15:16:08.746Z	199.198° SSW

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