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POLAR SCOUT YUKON, 43808

Orbit data source: Space-Track

POLAR SCOUT YUKON, 43808 is an American payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Mon, 03 Dec 2018 UTC via an FALCON 9 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

43808, 2018-099BC

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

US Coast Guard Research and Development Center (US)

Manufacturer

Millenium EI

Mission

Operational Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

10 kg wet, 10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-03 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 3 Pan, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.054 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 POLAR SCOUT YUKON
1 43808U 18099BC  26079.93873362  .00020506  00000-0  61984-3 0  9999
2 43808  97.4743 151.4108 0003873 273.5260  86.5539 15.34250235399967

Epoch: 2026-03-20T22:31Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-20T22:31:46.584Z)

Latitude

-0.00011°

Longitude

-4.9999°

Altitude

466.098 km

Speed

7.633 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 05m 38s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

10:13:32

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

462.747 km

Perigee altitude

457.45 km

Semi-major axis

6,838.235 km

Eccentricity

0.00039

Inclination

97.4743°

RAAN

151.4108°

Arg. of periapsis

273.526°

True anomaly

86.5982°

Mean anomaly

86.5539°

Eccentric anomaly

86.57605°

Mean motion

3.8382 °/min

Orbital period

93.79 mins

BSTAR

0.00061984

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Other satellites on launch #99 in the year 2018 (2018-12-03 UTC)

ORBWEAVER 2, 43785 (Decayed)

MOVE-II, 43780 (Decayed)

PW-SAT2, 43814 (Decayed)

ELYUSIUM/LOWER FREE FLYE, 43760 (Decayed)

SIRION PATHFINDER-2, 43759

UPPER FREE FLYER, 43763

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POLAR SCOUT YUKON 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	2026-03-21 17:52:02.186Z	358.989° N	2026-03-21 17:55:02.186Z	282.193° WNW	37.069°	2026-03-21 17:58:02.186Z	211.183° SW
5 mins	2026-03-22 04:25:02.186Z	136.435° SSE	2026-03-22 04:27:02.186Z	67.5° E	34.996°	2026-03-22 04:30:02.186Z	2.032° NNE

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POLAR SCOUT YUKON, 43808

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-20T22:31:46.584Z)

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