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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

20 hours 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 20 hours ago

0 TRANSIT 2A
1    45U 60007A   25128.92492409  .00000638  00000-0  18488-3 0  9998
2    45  66.6949 349.1330 0242387  94.3709 268.5126 14.35520267378881

Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:11Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:11:53.441Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

149.17189°

Altitude

784.146 km

Speed

7.458 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 16m 31s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

37.85408°

Longitude

166.39202°

Altitude

668.296 km

Speed

7.584 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 20m 21s

Apparent Declination

4° 20' 23"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:38:03

Azimuth

276.168° WNW

Elevation

-0.601°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

945.011 km

Perigee altitude

598.405 km

Semi-major axis

7,149.845 km

Eccentricity

0.0242387

Inclination

66.6949°

RAAN

349.133°

Arg. of periapsis

94.3709°

True anomaly

265.73925°

Mean anomaly

268.5126°

Eccentric anomaly

267.12557°

Mean motion

3.59003 °/min

BSTAR

0.00018488

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

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.
7 mins	2025-05-10 01:31:15.434Z	326.358° NNW	2025-05-10 01:33:15.434Z	305.144° NW	43.04°	2025-05-10 01:38:15.434Z	156.285° SSE
7 mins	2025-05-10 16:09:15.434Z	212.339° SW	2025-05-10 16:12:15.434Z	295.285° NW	44.748°	2025-05-10 16:16:15.434Z	27.079° NE

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