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CELESTIS 17/SHERPA-FX1, 47486

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CELESTIS 17/SHERPA-FX1, 47486 is a payload satellite owned by Spaceflight Ind (US) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 24 Jan 2021 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

47486, 2021-006CB

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Firefly Aerospace (US)

Manufacturer

Spaceflight Ind

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

ESPA/SHERPA-FX, Unknown motor

Mass

130 kg wet, 130 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2021-01-24 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 0.4 m

Radar Cross Section

0.503 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 14 hours ago

TLE from 14 hours ago

0 CELESTIS 17/SHERPA-FX1
1 47486U 21006CB  25352.10705401  .00005289  00000-0  18595-3 0  9998
2 47486  97.2530  32.5274 0008340 117.6187 242.5902 15.29748148271593

Epoch: 2025-12-18T02:34Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-18T02:34:09.466Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-92.97936°

Altitude

482.309 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 10m 06s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

15:35:54

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

479.225 km

Perigee altitude

467.797 km

Semi-major axis

6,851.648 km

Eccentricity

0.00083

Inclination

97.253°

RAAN

32.5274°

Arg. of periapsis

117.6187°

True anomaly

242.5054°

Mean anomaly

242.5902°

Eccentric anomaly

242.5478°

Mean motion

3.82693 °/min

Orbital period

94.07 mins

BSTAR

0.00018595

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Other satellites on launch #6 in the year 2021 (2021-01-24 UTC)

KEPLER-13 (LUCKY), 47454 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-70, 48632 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 JENNIFERSONG, 47525 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 CHANTAL, 47529 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4S 20, 47540 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4S 48, 47617 (Decayed)

OBJECT M, 47424

FLOCK 4S 5, 47515 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4S 41, 47698 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4S 29, 47520 (Decayed)

ION SCV-002, 47504

SPACEBEE-66, 48628 (Decayed)

KEPLER-11 (DANEEL), 47503 (Decayed)

ARCE-1B, 47615 (Decayed)

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CELESTIS 17/SHERPA-FX1 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.
4 mins	2025-12-19 02:16:10.888Z	116.146° SE	2025-12-19 02:18:10.888Z	69.327° E	22.85°	2025-12-19 02:20:10.888Z	24.478° NE
5 mins	2025-12-19 15:15:10.888Z	41.099° NE	2025-12-19 15:17:10.888Z	90.922° ESE	28.476°	2025-12-19 15:20:10.888Z	160.898° S

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CELESTIS 17/SHERPA-FX1, 47486

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-18T02:34:09.466Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #6 in the year 2021 (2021-01-24 UTC)

CELESTIS 17/SHERPA-FX1 Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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