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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

11 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 11 hours ago

0 HAWK-2A
1 47505U 21006CW  25189.87019105  .00003904  00000-0  14237-3 0  9992
2 47505  97.2825 236.8565 0007162   5.4162 354.7154 15.28726368246947

Epoch: 2025-07-08T20:53Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-08T20:53:04.506Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

-3.47124°

Altitude

477.833 km

Speed

7.629 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 47m 25s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

18.68799°

Longitude

-5.48338°

Altitude

477.44 km

Speed

7.631 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 41m 12s

Apparent Declination

-16° 21' 40"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:07:21

Azimuth

270.639° WNW

Elevation

-26.801°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

481.477 km

Perigee altitude

471.658 km

Semi-major axis

6,854.705 km

Eccentricity

0.00072

Inclination

97.2825°

RAAN

236.8565°

Arg. of periapsis

5.4162°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

354.7154°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.82437 °/min

Orbital period

94.13 mins

BSTAR

0.00014237

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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	2025-07-09 16:17:46.087Z	358.276° N	2025-07-09 16:20:46.087Z	265.656° W	37.62°	2025-07-09 16:23:46.087Z	208.891° SW
5 mins	2025-07-10 02:52:46.087Z	137.074° SSE	2025-07-10 02:54:46.087Z	70.67° E	35.276°	2025-07-10 02:57:46.087Z	2.668° NNE

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