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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

13 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, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

0.551 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 13 hours ago

0 FALCONSAT-6
1 43815U 18099BK  25199.45155405  .00010096  00000-0  42512-3 0  9996
2 43815  97.5144 273.8325 0018490  44.8047 325.9903 15.23401230362858

Epoch: 2025-07-18T10:50Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T10:50:14.269Z)

Latitude

10.52913°

Longitude

173.37312°

Altitude

487.396 km

Speed

7.628 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 09m 44s

True Declination

10° 27' 54"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

38.40116°

Longitude

169.33322°

Altitude

488.33 km

Speed

7.632 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 55m 25s

Apparent Declination

1° 27' 08"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:21:53

Azimuth

61.94° ENE

Elevation

-27.375°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

505.26 km

Perigee altitude

479.852 km

Semi-major axis

6,870.693 km

Eccentricity

0.00185

Inclination

97.5144°

RAAN

273.8325°

Arg. of periapsis

44.8047°

True anomaly

325.87156°

Mean anomaly

325.9903°

Eccentric anomaly

325.93095°

Mean motion

3.81103 °/min

Orbital period

94.46 mins

BSTAR

0.00042512

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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

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
4 mins	2025-07-19 04:17:15.590Z	109.73° ESE	2025-07-19 04:19:15.590Z	65.279° ENE	20.461°	2025-07-19 04:21:15.590Z	25.116° NE
4 mins	2025-07-19 05:51:15.590Z	234.394° WSW	2025-07-19 05:52:15.590Z	255.576° W	18.505°	2025-07-19 05:55:15.590Z	313.245° NW
5 mins	2025-07-19 17:19:15.590Z	44.138° NE	2025-07-19 17:21:15.590Z	90.729° ESE	26.883°	2025-07-19 17:24:15.590Z	157.221° SSE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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