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TRANSIT 2A, 45

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TRANSIT 2A, 45 is a payload satellite owned by USN BuWeps (US) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 22 Jun 1960 UTC via a THOR ABLESTAR launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

45, 1960-007A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

United States Navy (US)

Manufacturer

APL

Mission

Defense Navigation

Bus & Motor

TRANSIT 1, Unknown motor

Mass

100 kg wet, 100 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1960-06-22 (65 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR ABLESTAR

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Sphere, 0.91 m

Radar Cross Section

0.650 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 TRANSIT 2A
1 00045U 60007A   25114.71190350  .00000835  00000-0  23356-3 0  9999
2 00045  66.6957  26.6926 0242647 105.0655 257.7432 14.35494174319979

Epoch: 2025-04-24T17:05Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-24T17:05:08.462Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-82.57208°

Altitude

816.372 km

Speed

7.424 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 46m 46s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-36.15155°

Longitude

-103.74019°

Altitude

925.109 km

Speed

7.316 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 38m 36s

Apparent Declination

-66° 21' 50"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:54:48

Azimuth

210.297° SW

Elevation

-37.557°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

945.285 km

Perigee altitude

598.304 km

Semi-major axis

7,149.931 km

Eccentricity

0.0242647

Inclination

66.6957°

RAAN

26.6926°

Arg. of periapsis

105.0655°

True anomaly

255.04444°

Mean anomaly

257.7432°

Eccentric anomaly

256.39196°

Mean motion

3.58997 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023356

Orbital period

100.28 mins

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Other satellites on launch #7 in the year 1960 (1960-06-22 UTC)

SOLRAD 1 (GREB), 46

THOR ABLESTAR R/B, 47

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 840 (Decayed)

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 841 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 2A 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.
8 mins	2025-04-25 19:59:00.356Z	223.075° SW	2025-04-25 20:03:00.356Z	293.458° NW	40.658°	2025-04-25 20:07:00.356Z	19.698° NNE
7 mins	2025-04-26 04:46:00.356Z	331.771° NNW	2025-04-26 04:49:00.356Z	145.789° SSE	44.065°	2025-04-26 04:53:00.356Z	151.635° SSE
7 mins	2025-04-26 19:24:00.356Z	205.895° SW	2025-04-26 19:27:00.356Z	175.929° S	44.821°	2025-04-26 19:31:00.356Z	30.072° NE

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