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MUOS 5, 41622

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MUOS 5, 41622 is a payload satellite owned by SPAWAR Pacific (US) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 24 Jun 2016 UTC via an ATLAS V 551 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

41622, 2016-041A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

United States Navy (US)

Manufacturer

LMSS/LMCSS

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

A2100, BT-4

Mass

6,800 kg wet, 3,800 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-06-24 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS V 551

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan + 1 Dish, 28.7 m

Radar Cross Section

71.298 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 MUOS 5
1 41622U 16041A   25184.68759241 -.00000132  00000-0  00000+0 0  9995
2 41622   2.9822 297.4425 0196618 258.4576 228.5595  1.00272774 33575

Epoch: 2025-07-03T16:30Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T16:30:07.984Z)

Latitude

2.44918°

Longitude

-106.63956°

Altitude

36,341.661 km

Speed

3.034 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 11m 22s

True Declination

2° 26' 48"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-2.98846°

Longitude

40.73767°

Altitude

34,984.907 km

Speed

3.134 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

14h 01m 13s

Apparent Declination

-9° 42' 09"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:58:18

Azimuth

179.056° S

Elevation

40.377°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,616.435 km

Perigee altitude

34,958.334 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.521 km

Eccentricity

0.01966

Inclination

2.9822°

RAAN

297.4425°

Arg. of periapsis

258.4576°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

228.5595°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.14 mins

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ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B, 41623

MUOS 5 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.
1440 mins	2025-07-04 02:09:23.916Z	179.057° S	2025-07-04 14:05:23.916Z	180.669° SSW	36.316°	2025-07-05 02:09:23.916Z	178.998° S

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