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CELTEE 1, 41850

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CELTEE 1, 41850 is a payload satellite owned by AFRL/RV (US) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 11 Nov 2016 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

41850, 2016-067C

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

19 hours ago

Origin

United States Air Force (US)

Manufacturer

M42 Tech

Mission

Operational Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor

Mass

1 kg wet, 1 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-11-11 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS V 401

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.015 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 CELTEE 1
1 41850U 16067C   25128.52027826  .00005934  00000-0  32848-3 0  9997
2 41850  98.1086 323.0220 0001924 131.9136 228.2259 15.14261454464539

Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:29Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:29:12.041Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

-90.86777°

Altitude

527.168 km

Speed

7.599 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 32m 05s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-62.92818°

Longitude

73.85882°

Altitude

547.872 km

Speed

7.586 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 08m 45s

Apparent Declination

-58° 31' 10"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:09:15

Azimuth

215.585° SW

Elevation

-63.447°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

521.554 km

Perigee altitude

518.899 km

Semi-major axis

6,898.363 km

Eccentricity

0.0001924

Inclination

98.1086°

RAAN

323.022°

Arg. of periapsis

131.9136°

True anomaly

228.20946°

Mean anomaly

228.2259°

Eccentric anomaly

228.21768°

Mean motion

3.78812 °/min

BSTAR

0.00032848

Orbital period

95.03 mins

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CELTEE 1 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.
6 mins	2025-05-09 12:24:19.441Z	136.333° SSE	2025-05-09 12:27:19.441Z	82.074° E	29.185°	2025-05-09 12:30:19.441Z	11.201° NNE
6 mins	2025-05-10 01:32:19.441Z	30.693° NE	2025-05-10 01:34:19.441Z	72.8° E	35.582°	2025-05-10 01:38:19.441Z	175.954° S

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