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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

20 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 20 hours ago

0 FALCONSAT-6
1 43815U 18099BK  25181.26975308  .00002508  00000-0  10842-3 0  9998
2 43815  97.5299 255.6084 0019019 103.3017 342.4074 15.23267403360083

Epoch: 2025-06-30T06:28Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T06:28:26.666Z)

Latitude

81.35128°

Longitude

-179.87956°

Altitude

496.998 km

Speed

7.63 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 03m 15s

True Declination

81° 17' 53"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-2.32987°

Longitude

-118.93779°

Altitude

502.228 km

Speed

7.611 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 08m 46s

Apparent Declination

-42° 28' 54"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:12:16

Azimuth

125.461° SE

Elevation

-25.131°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

506.028 km

Perigee altitude

479.892 km

Semi-major axis

6,871.097 km

Eccentricity

0.0019

Inclination

97.5299°

RAAN

255.6084°

Arg. of periapsis

103.3017°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

342.4074°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.81069 °/min

Orbital period

94.47 mins

BSTAR

0.00010842

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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.
5 mins	2025-07-01 04:19:07.155Z	119.844° SE	2025-07-01 04:21:07.155Z	80.313° E	22.245°	2025-07-01 04:24:07.155Z	17.903° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-01 17:22:07.155Z	47.083° ENE	2025-07-01 17:24:07.155Z	105.585° ESE	28.711°	2025-07-01 17:27:07.155Z	163.749° S

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