OPS 7033 (VELA 11), 4368
Orbit data source: Space-Track
OPS 7033 (VELA 11), 4368 is a payload satellite owned by SAMSO (US) in HEO that was launched on Wed, 08 Apr 1970 UTC via a TITAN IIIC 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
TRW
Mission
Spacecraft
Bus & Motor
VELA, BE-3A7
Mass
~367 kg wet, 252 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Unknown
Radar Cross Section
Medium (>0.1 m² and <1 m²)
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TLE from 1 year ago
0 OPS 7033 (VELA 11)
1 4368U 70027B 25162.90992538 -.00000395 00000-0 00000+0 0 9995
2 4368 86.1941 359.2669 7824343 72.0060 0.7294 0.21504509 36870Epoch: 2025-06-11T21:50Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-11T21:50:17.552Z)
Latitude
73.33908°
Longitude
144.64611°
Altitude
18,484.155 km
Speed
5.357 km/s
True Right ascension
00h 50m 49s
True Declination
73° 18' 43"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
23:07:58
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
203,383.693 km
Perigee altitude
19,225.6 km
Semi-major axis
117,682.783 km
Eccentricity
0.78243
Inclination
86.1941°
RAAN
359.2669°
Arg. of periapsis
72.006°
True anomaly
9.55686°
Mean anomaly
0.7294°
Eccentric anomaly
3.34571°
Mean motion
0.05376 °/min
Orbital period
6,696.2 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #27 in the year 1970 (1970-04-08 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.OPS 7033 (VELA 11) Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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