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PODSAT, 43229

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PODSAT, 43229 is a payload satellite owned by DARPA (US) that was launched on Tue, 06 Mar 2018 UTC via an FALCON 9 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

43229, 2018-023B

Orbit

Active

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)

Manufacturer

NovaWurks

Mission

Operational Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

SIMPL, Unknown motor

Mass

~90 kg wet, ~90 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-03-06 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.135 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 PODSAT
1 43229U 18023B   25199.94793587  .00065249  00000-0  72379-3 0  9999
2 43229  26.8362 127.5110 3777125 345.7031   6.0310  7.98459549165159

Epoch: 2025-07-18T22:45Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T22:45:01.659Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-150.73809°

Altitude

257.832 km

Speed

9.08 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 30m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

10.37527°

Longitude

6.70183°

Altitude

8,008.945 km

Speed

4.21 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 13m 36s

Apparent Declination

-4° 45' 36"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

03:52:17

Azimuth

308.478° NW

Elevation

-42.595°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

8,194.62 km

Perigee altitude

204.111 km

Semi-major axis

10,577.502 km

Eccentricity

0.37771

Inclination

26.8362°

RAAN

127.511°

Arg. of periapsis

345.7031°

True anomaly

14.33812°

Mean anomaly

6.031°

Eccentric anomaly

9.66389°

Mean motion

1.99512 °/min

Orbital period

180.44 mins

BSTAR

0.00072379

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PODSAT 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.
24 mins	2025-07-19 22:58:07.424Z	200.427° SSW	2025-07-19 23:04:07.424Z	145.245° SSE	27.881°	2025-07-19 23:22:07.424Z	92.63° ESE
61 mins	2025-07-20 02:06:07.424Z	248.216° W	2025-07-20 02:19:07.424Z	178.512° S	40.092°	2025-07-20 03:07:07.424Z	112.415° ESE
81 mins	2025-07-20 05:19:07.424Z	264.103° W	2025-07-20 05:47:07.424Z	204.776° SW	35.478°	2025-07-20 06:40:07.424Z	147.587° SSE
55 mins	2025-07-20 08:51:07.424Z	256.853° W	2025-07-20 09:18:07.424Z	229.406° WSW	16.319°	2025-07-20 09:46:07.424Z	199.556° SSW

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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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