PODSAT, 43229
Orbit data source: Space-Track
PODSAT, 43229 is a payload satellite owned by DARPA (US) in HEO that was launched on Tue, 06 Mar 2018 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets 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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PODSAT details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | HEO |
| Last TLE update | 1 day ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | NovaWurks |
| Mission | Operational Defense Technology |
| Bus & Motor | SIMPL, Unknown motor |
| Mass | ~90 kg wet, ~90 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Box, 0.3 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 0.135 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²) |
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TLE from 1 day ago
0 PODSAT
1 43229U 18023B 24336.03530838 .00088007 -64346-6 76387-3 0 9999
2 43229 26.8627 226.1916 3990740 299.9006 26.3944 7.59631671147181Epoch: 2024-12-01T00:50Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-01T00:50:50.644Z)
| Latitude | 0.00002° |
| Longitude | 143.10132° |
| Altitude | 1,288.507 km |
| Speed | 8.218 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 15h 04m 45s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | -26.69479° |
| Longitude | 41.17524° |
| Altitude | 734.38 km |
| Speed | 8.699 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 06h 16m 32s |
| Apparent Declination | -76° 10' 55" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 08:59:10 |
| Azimuth | 190.244° SSW |
| Elevation | -28.955° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 8,920.456 km |
| Perigee altitude | 192.868 km |
| Semi-major axis | 10,934.799 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.399074 |
| Inclination | 26.8627° |
| RAAN | 226.1916° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 299.9006° |
| True anomaly | 60.14818° |
| Mean anomaly | 26.3944° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 41.56471° |
| Mean motion | 1.89813 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00076387 |
| Orbital period | 189.66 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #23 in the year 2018 (2018-03-06 UTC)
| HISPASAT 30W-6, 43228 |
| PODSAT, 43229 |
| FALCON 9 R/B, 43230 (Decayed) |
PODSAT Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined
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. |
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| 33 mins | 2024-12-02 17:59:28.735Z | 170.421° S | 2024-12-02 18:09:28.735Z | 124.889° SE | 21.238° | 2024-12-02 18:32:28.735Z | 86.01° E |
| 84 mins | 2024-12-02 21:15:28.735Z | 233.797° WSW | 2024-12-02 21:36:28.735Z | 159.182° S | 41.09° | 2024-12-02 22:39:28.735Z | 96.995° ESE |
| 102 mins | 2024-12-03 00:39:28.735Z | 265.613° W | 2024-12-03 01:24:28.735Z | 198.873° SSW | 41.284° | 2024-12-03 02:21:28.735Z | 131.107° SE |
| 81 mins | 2024-12-03 04:21:28.735Z | 274.873° WNW | 2024-12-03 05:09:28.735Z | 232.346° WSW | 26.64° | 2024-12-03 05:42:28.735Z | 180.607° SSW |
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