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FALCONSAT-6, 43815

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FALCONSAT-6, 43815 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SMC (US) 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

43815, 2018-099BK

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

USAF Academy

Mission

Operational Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

FALCONSAT, Unknown motor

Mass

181 kg wet, 181 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 + 1 Ant, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

0.551 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 FALCONSAT-6
1 43815U 18099BK  25181.80136683  .00002432  00000-0  10520-3 0  9992
2 43815  97.5298 256.1417 0019037 101.5947  17.4987 15.23270077360162

Epoch: 2025-06-30T19:13Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T19:13:58.094Z)

Latitude

60.06788°

Longitude

-118.25896°

Altitude

493.756 km

Speed

7.631 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 57m 21s

True Declination

59° 54' 47"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-7.79685°

Longitude

-132.01397°

Altitude

499.872 km

Speed

7.614 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 31m 23s

Apparent Declination

-23° 20' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:11:54

Azimuth

30.324° NE

Elevation

-71.347°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

506.032 km

Perigee altitude

479.871 km

Semi-major axis

6,871.089 km

Eccentricity

0.0019

Inclination

97.5298°

RAAN

256.1417°

Arg. of periapsis

101.5947°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

17.4987°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.8107 °/min

Orbital period

94.47 mins

BSTAR

0.0001052

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

ORBWEAVER 2, 43785 (Decayed)

CAPELLA-1, 43791 (Decayed)

ESEO, 43792

CSIM, 43793

HAWK-B, 43794

ORBWEAVER 1, 43795 (Decayed)

FALCONSAT-6 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	2025-07-01 17:21:05.573Z	34.936° NE	2025-07-01 17:24:05.573Z	104.578° ESE	28.752°	2025-07-01 17:27:05.573Z	163.559° S
5 mins	2025-07-02 05:32:05.573Z	208.807° SW	2025-07-02 05:34:05.573Z	261.682° W	28.562°	2025-07-02 05:37:05.573Z	326.001° NNW

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