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WORLDVIEW 3, 40115

Orbit data source: Space-Track

WORLDVIEW 3, 40115 is a payload satellite owned by DigitalGlobe (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 13 Aug 2014 UTC via an ATLAS V 401 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

40115, 2014-048A

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Maxar Technologies Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

Ball

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

BCP-5000, Unknown motor

Mass

2,615 kg wet, ~2,200 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-08-13 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS V 401

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + 2 Pan, 3.5 m

Radar Cross Section

13.188 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 WORLDVIEW 3
1 40115U 14048A   25242.89442210  .00001658  00000-0  20010-3 0  9999
2 40115  97.8725 316.4476 0005328 165.0687 195.0687 14.85124155598827

Epoch: 2025-08-30T21:27Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-30T21:27:58.069Z)

Latitude

0.00007°

Longitude

15.13347°

Altitude

619.823 km

Speed

7.547 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 05m 47s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:14:01

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

613.952 km

Perigee altitude

606.506 km

Semi-major axis

6,988.366 km

Eccentricity

0.00053

Inclination

97.8725°

RAAN

316.4476°

Arg. of periapsis

165.0687°

True anomaly

195.05284°

Mean anomaly

195.0687°

Eccentric anomaly

195.06077°

Mean motion

3.71518 °/min

Orbital period

96.9 mins

BSTAR

0.0002001

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WORLDVIEW 3 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	2025-08-31 05:40:02.460Z	203.063° SW	2025-08-31 05:44:02.460Z	276.271° WNW	26.063°	2025-08-31 05:47:02.460Z	323.266° NNW
7 mins	2025-08-31 17:27:02.460Z	31.427° NE	2025-08-31 17:30:02.460Z	97.753° ESE	35.203°	2025-08-31 17:34:02.460Z	172.115° S
6 mins	2025-09-01 04:20:02.460Z	124.9° SE	2025-09-01 04:23:02.460Z	63.426° ENE	27.598°	2025-09-01 04:26:02.460Z	11.747° NNE