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GNOMES-1, 46266

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GNOMES-1, 46266 is a payload satellite owned by PlanetiQ (US) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 30 Aug 2020 UTC via an FALCON 9 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

46266, 2020-059B

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

PlanetiQ (US)

Manufacturer

Blue Canyon

Mission

Operational Commercial Meteo Radio Occ.

Bus & Motor

XSAT, Unknown motor

Mass

~30 kg wet, ~30 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-08-30 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

0.162 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 2 days ago

TLE from 2 days ago

0 GNOMES-1
1 46266U 20059B   26171.39645207  .00002375  00000-0  19390-3 0  9995
2 46266  97.7880  21.7789 0012649  10.6826 349.4663 15.00344224316071

Epoch: 2026-06-20T09:30Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T09:30:53.458Z)

Latitude

-0.00011°

Longitude

-29.5555°

Altitude

560.25 km

Speed

7.586 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 27m 06s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

21:35:22

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

571.622 km

Perigee altitude

554.063 km

Semi-major axis

6,940.98 km

Eccentricity

0.00126

Inclination

97.788°

RAAN

21.7789°

Arg. of periapsis

10.6826°

True anomaly

349.43976°

Mean anomaly

349.4663°

Eccentric anomaly

349.45303°

Mean motion

3.75329 °/min

Orbital period

95.92 mins

BSTAR

0.0001939

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GNOMES-1 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.
6 mins	2026-06-22 14:28:21.010Z	197.905° SSW	2026-06-22 14:30:21.010Z	248.922° W	34.897°	2026-06-22 14:34:21.010Z	334.209° NNW
4 mins	2026-06-23 02:08:21.010Z	61.953° ENE	2026-06-23 02:10:21.010Z	103.859° ESE	20.91°	2026-06-23 02:12:21.010Z	139.337° SSE
4 mins	2026-06-23 03:43:21.010Z	325.844° NNW	2026-06-23 03:45:21.010Z	279.879° WNW	23.264°	2026-06-23 03:47:21.010Z	243.081° WSW

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GNOMES-1, 46266

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T09:30:53.458Z)

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