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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
Spaceflight Ind
Mission
Operational Commercial Technology
Bus & Motor
ESPA/SHERPA-FX, Unknown motor
Mass
130 kg wet, 130 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cyl, 0.4 m
Radar Cross Section
0.503 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago
TLE from 12 hours ago
0 CELESTIS 17/SHERPA-FX1
1 47486U 21006CB 25287.84866890 .00007137 00000-0 25882-3 0 9997
2 47486 97.2637 329.8381 0006975 8.1989 351.9364 15.28620071261777Epoch: 2025-10-14T20:22Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-14T20:22:04.992Z)
Latitude
-0.00004°
Longitude
0.6861°
Altitude
478.305 km
Speed
7.629 km/s
True Right ascension
21h 59m 21s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
03:23:00
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
481.666 km
Perigee altitude
472.103 km
Semi-major axis
6,855.022 km
Eccentricity
0.0007
Inclination
97.2637°
RAAN
329.8381°
Arg. of periapsis
8.1989°
True anomaly
351.92518°
Mean anomaly
351.9364°
Eccentric anomaly
351.93079°
Mean motion
3.82411 °/min
Orbital period
94.14 mins
BSTAR
0.00025882
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Other satellites on launch #6 in the year 2021 (2021-01-24 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.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. |
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| 6 mins | 2025-10-15 15:46:54.830Z | 11.745° NNE | 2025-10-15 15:49:54.830Z | 193.768° SSW | 44.725° | 2025-10-15 15:52:54.830Z | 192.837° SSW |
| 4 mins | 2025-10-16 02:22:54.830Z | 104.767° ESE | 2025-10-16 02:23:54.830Z | 76.767° E | 24.699° | 2025-10-16 02:26:54.830Z | 13.861° NNE |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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