OCO 2, 40059
Orbit data source: Space-Track
OCO 2, 40059 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 02 Jul 2014 UTC via a DELTA 7320-10C 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
OSC
Mission
Operational Civil Science
Bus & Motor
LEOSTAR-2, AOCS
Mass
454 kg wet, 409 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Hex Cyl + 2 Pan, 4.5 m
Radar Cross Section
3.820 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago
TLE from 14 hours ago
0 OCO 2
1 40059U 14035A 25258.20192533 .00000646 00000-0 15344-3 0 9994
2 40059 98.2063 198.3785 0001743 89.6708 270.4690 14.57088242596001Epoch: 2025-09-15T04:50Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-15T04:50:46.348Z)
Latitude
-0.00004°
Longitude
131.27542°
Altitude
705.563 km
Speed
7.503 km/s
True Right ascension
13h 13m 30s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
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
11:48:49
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
700.91 km
Perigee altitude
698.443 km
Semi-major axis
7,077.814 km
Eccentricity
0.00017
Inclination
98.2063°
RAAN
198.3785°
Arg. of periapsis
89.6708°
True anomaly
270.44903°
Mean anomaly
270.469°
Eccentric anomaly
270.45901°
Mean motion
3.64497 °/min
Orbital period
98.77 mins
BSTAR
0.00015344
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Other satellites on launch #35 in the year 2014 (2014-07-02 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.OCO 2 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. |
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| 8 mins | 2025-09-15 19:48:17.992Z | 150.611° SSE | 2025-09-15 19:52:17.992Z | 56.476° ENE | 40.797° | 2025-09-15 19:56:17.992Z | 355.413° N |
| 4 mins | 2025-09-16 07:50:17.992Z | 70.534° E | 2025-09-16 07:51:17.992Z | 85.005° E | 15.622° | 2025-09-16 07:54:17.992Z | 126.91° SE |
| 7 mins | 2025-09-16 09:26:17.992Z | 356.85° N | 2025-09-16 09:29:17.992Z | 307.192° NW | 36.137° | 2025-09-16 09:33:17.992Z | 218.211° SW |
| 4 mins | 2025-09-16 18:56:17.992Z | 82.828° E | 2025-09-16 18:57:17.992Z | 67.189° ENE | 17.094° | 2025-09-16 19:00:17.992Z | 25.592° NE |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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