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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

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

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, 7.1 m

Radar Cross Section

13.188 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 WORLDVIEW 3
1 40115U 14048A   25127.20903751  .00001468  00000-0  17727-3 0  9998
2 40115  97.8592 202.1278 0005088 201.6712 158.4288 14.85274305581688

Epoch: 2025-05-07T05:01Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-07T05:01:00.84Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

-98.42286°

Altitude

619.064 km

Speed

7.548 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 28m 30s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

14.77484°

Longitude

-99.83042°

Altitude

618.577 km

Speed

7.549 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 00m 01s

Apparent Declination

-12° 41' 33"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:18:30

Azimuth

57.979° ENE

Elevation

-49.178°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

613.312 km

Perigee altitude

606.202 km

Semi-major axis

6,987.894 km

Eccentricity

0.0005088

Inclination

97.8592°

RAAN

202.1278°

Arg. of periapsis

201.6712°

True anomaly

158.45022°

Mean anomaly

158.4288°

Eccentric anomaly

158.43951°

Mean motion

3.71556 °/min

BSTAR

0.00017727

Orbital period

96.89 mins

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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.
4 mins	2025-05-08 03:49:07.481Z	96.627° ESE	2025-05-08 03:51:07.481Z	66.578° ENE	15.148°	2025-05-08 03:53:07.481Z	35.878° NE
6 mins	2025-05-08 05:24:07.481Z	196.167° SSW	2025-05-08 05:27:07.481Z	275.695° WNW	34.826°	2025-05-08 05:30:07.481Z	330.565° NNW
5 mins	2025-05-08 17:11:07.481Z	50.853° ENE	2025-05-08 17:13:07.481Z	93.607° ESE	26.473°	2025-05-08 17:16:07.481Z	151.6° SSE
5 mins	2025-05-08 18:47:07.481Z	327.34° NNW	2025-05-08 18:49:07.481Z	289.993° WNW	20.663°	2025-05-08 18:52:07.481Z	242.962° WSW

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