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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 (6 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  25128.82616368  .00004309  00000-0  18700-3 0  9991
2 43815  97.5317 203.0100 0016025 287.3745  72.5738 15.22770542352109

Epoch: 2025-05-08T19:49Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T19:49:40.541Z)

Latitude

-0.0001°

Longitude

38.7°

Altitude

497.294 km

Speed

7.618 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 32m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-54.31911°

Longitude

49.70219°

Altitude

508.209 km

Speed

7.614 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 48m 06s

Apparent Declination

-83° 45' 33"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:46:30

Azimuth

184.479° SSW

Elevation

-45.217°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

505.469 km

Perigee altitude

483.442 km

Semi-major axis

6,872.593 km

Eccentricity

0.0016025

Inclination

97.5317°

RAAN

203.01°

Arg. of periapsis

287.3745°

True anomaly

72.74911°

Mean anomaly

72.5738°

Eccentric anomaly

72.66144°

Mean motion

3.80945 °/min

BSTAR

0.000187

Orbital period

94.5 mins

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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	2025-05-09 16:54:39.040Z	52.92° ENE	2025-05-09 16:56:39.040Z	87.85° E	17.137°	2025-05-09 16:58:39.040Z	127.221° SE
5 mins	2025-05-09 18:28:39.040Z	334.266° NNW	2025-05-09 18:30:39.040Z	288.148° WNW	24.001°	2025-05-09 18:33:39.040Z	231.958° WSW
5 mins	2025-05-10 05:05:39.040Z	181.174° SSW	2025-05-10 05:07:39.040Z	303.058° NW	41.993°	2025-05-10 05:10:39.040Z	342.878° N

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