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OPS 9342 (IDSCS 20), 3285

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPS 9342 (IDSCS 20), 3285 is a payload satellite owned by SAMSO (US) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 13 Jun 1968 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

3285, 1968-050B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization (US)

Manufacturer

Philco-Ford

Mission

Non-operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

IDCSP, Unknown motor

Mass

45 kg wet, 45 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1968-06-13 (57 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TITAN IIIC

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Poly, 0.9 m

Radar Cross Section

0.926 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 OPS 9342 (IDSCS 20)
1  3285U 68050B   25128.61983865 -.00000089  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2  3285   6.4127  55.3718 0014559 138.8633  12.2721  1.07819173223790

Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:52Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:52:34.059Z)

Latitude

3.07225°

Longitude

116.86892°

Altitude

33,736.995 km

Speed

3.155 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 46m 47s

True Declination

3° 04' 08"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

3.04818°

Longitude

-6.27924°

Altitude

33,815.162 km

Speed

3.148 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 11m 57s

Apparent Declination

-2° 34' 55"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:41:46

Azimuth

294.132° NW

Elevation

-29.661°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

33,854.784 km

Perigee altitude

33,737.805 km

Semi-major axis

40,174.431 km

Eccentricity

0.0014559

Inclination

6.4127°

RAAN

55.3718°

Arg. of periapsis

138.8633°

True anomaly

12.30762°

Mean anomaly

12.2721°

Eccentric anomaly

12.28986°

Mean motion

0.26954 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1335.62 mins

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Other satellites on launch #50 in the year 1968 (1968-06-13 UTC)

OPS 9341 (IDSCS 19), 3284

OPS 9343 (IDSCS 21), 3286

OPS 9344 (IDSCS 22), 3287

OPS 9345 (IDSCS 23), 3288

OPS 9346 (IDSCS 24), 3289

OPS 9347 (IDSCS 25), 3290

OPS 9348 (IDSCS 26), 3291

TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B, 3292

OPS 9342 (IDSCS 20) Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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