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HAWK-2A, 47505

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HAWK-2A, 47505 is a payload satellite owned by HawkEye 360 (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

47505, 2021-006CW

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

HawkEye 360 Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

UTIAS-SFL

Mission

Operational Commercial Sigint

Bus & Motor

DEFIANT, Unknown motor

Mass

31 kg wet, 30 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

Box + 2 Pan, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.348 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 HAWK-2A
1 47505U 21006CW  25244.58038394  .00009099  00000-0  32093-3 0  9994
2 47505  97.2776 290.3960 0008414 146.7828 213.3943 15.29443306255300

Epoch: 2025-09-01T13:55Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-01T13:55:45.172Z)

Latitude

0.00005°

Longitude

100.47384°

Altitude

485.401 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 21m 35s

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

16:06:27

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

480.189 km

Perigee altitude

468.657 km

Semi-major axis

6,852.56 km

Eccentricity

0.00084

Inclination

97.2776°

RAAN

290.396°

Arg. of periapsis

146.7828°

True anomaly

213.34128°

Mean anomaly

213.3943°

Eccentric anomaly

213.36778°

Mean motion

3.82617 °/min

Orbital period

94.09 mins

BSTAR

0.00032093

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

STARLINK-2199, 47413 (Decayed)

OBJECT AA, 47437

UVSQ-SAT, 47438 (Decayed)

YUSAT-1, 47439 (Decayed)

AII-CHARLIE, 47440 (Decayed)

OBJECT AE, 47441 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-63, 47442 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-50, 47443 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-51, 47444 (Decayed)

OBJECT AJ, 47445 (Decayed)

KEPLER-12 (BOBA), 47446 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-48, 47447 (Decayed)

CUBEL, 47448

SPACEBEE-40, 47449 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 NEVA, 47450 (Decayed)

HAWK-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.
5 mins	2025-09-02 02:38:17.005Z	125.137° SE	2025-09-02 02:40:17.005Z	76.822° E	26.881°	2025-09-02 02:43:17.005Z	11.72° NNE
4 mins	2025-09-02 15:38:17.005Z	43.594° NE	2025-09-02 15:40:17.005Z	119.113° SE	32.37°	2025-09-02 15:42:17.005Z	164.409° S