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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

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

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 (4 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, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.348 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 HAWK-2A
1 47505U 21006CW  25124.39931947  .00008037  00000-0  29700-3 0  9998
2 47505  97.2872 172.8092 0006687 210.4743 149.6109 15.27963665236949

Epoch: 2025-05-04T09:35Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-04T09:35:01.202Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

166.52641°

Altitude

488.964 km

Speed

7.618 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 31m 14s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-59.43964°

Longitude

179.65765°

Altitude

505.019 km

Speed

7.61 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 38m 02s

Apparent Declination

-76° 02' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:29:01

Azimuth

165.44° S

Elevation

-49.342°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

483.436 km

Perigee altitude

474.265 km

Semi-major axis

6,856.988 km

Eccentricity

0.0006687

Inclination

97.2872°

RAAN

172.8092°

Arg. of periapsis

210.4743°

True anomaly

149.64964°

Mean anomaly

149.6109°

Eccentric anomaly

149.63027°

Mean motion

3.82246 °/min

BSTAR

0.000297

Orbital period

94.18 mins

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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

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.
6 mins	2025-05-05 02:59:35.801Z	153.948° SSE	2025-05-05 03:02:35.801Z	109.656° ESE	37.941°	2025-05-05 03:05:35.801Z	0.863° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-05 16:01:35.801Z	15.735° NNE	2025-05-05 16:03:35.801Z	158.309° S	44.279°	2025-05-05 16:06:35.801Z	190.061° SSW

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