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TDRS 13, 42915

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TDRS 13, 42915 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 18 Aug 2017 UTC via an ATLAS V 401 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

42915, 2017-047A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (US)

Manufacturer

Boeing/ES

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

BSS-601HP, R-4D-11-300

Mass

3,454 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-08-18 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS V 401

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 21.1 m

Radar Cross Section

43.356 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 TDRS 13
1 42915U 17047A   25134.87684918 -.00000087  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 42915   3.4576 352.5077 0015457 106.1532  78.2653  1.00271946 28356

Epoch: 2025-05-14T21:02Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-14T21:02:39.769Z)

Latitude

-0.29561°

Longitude

-11.44149°

Altitude

35,773.244 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 48m 18s

True Declination

0° 17' 43"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.10385°

Longitude

165.41806°

Altitude

35,802.185 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 02m 01s

Apparent Declination

-5° 20' 19"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:22:24

Azimuth

87.751° E

Elevation

-11.014°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,852.79 km

Perigee altitude

35,722.439 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.752 km

Eccentricity

0.0015457

Inclination

3.4576°

RAAN

352.5077°

Arg. of periapsis

106.1532°

True anomaly

78.43879°

Mean anomaly

78.2653°

Eccentric anomaly

78.35204°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.15 mins

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