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MANDRAKE 2 BAKER, 48908

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MANDRAKE 2 BAKER, 48908 is an American payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Wed, 30 Jun 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

48908, 2021-059AF

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

Space Development Agency (US)

Manufacturer

Astro Digital

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

CORVUS-XL, Unknown motor

Mass

23 kg wet, 23 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2021-06-30 (4 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.375 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 MANDRAKE 2 BAKER
1 48908U 21059AF  25123.71502909  .00023728  00000-0  58939-3 0  9991
2 48908  97.6861 284.4118 0005304  36.1867 323.9736 15.40318860213914

Epoch: 2025-05-03T17:09Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T17:09:38.513Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

165.14802°

Altitude

445.35 km

Speed

7.647 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 57m 38s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

31.98037°

Longitude

161.0296°

Altitude

445.689 km

Speed

7.65 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 31m 40s

Apparent Declination

-9° 27' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:42:58

Azimuth

99.062° ESE

Elevation

-3.904°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

445.736 km

Perigee altitude

438.501 km

Semi-major axis

6,820.256 km

Eccentricity

0.0005304

Inclination

97.6861°

RAAN

284.4118°

Arg. of periapsis

36.1867°

True anomaly

323.93783°

Mean anomaly

323.9736°

Eccentric anomaly

323.95572°

Mean motion

3.85338 °/min

BSTAR

0.00058939

Orbital period

93.42 mins

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Other satellites on launch #59 in the year 2021 (2021-06-30 UTC)

STARLINK-3003, 48879 (Decayed)

LINCS2, 48903

SPACEBEE-111, 48904 (Decayed)

NUSAT-19 (ROSALIND), 48905 (Decayed)

UMBRA-2001, 48906 (Decayed)

MANDRAKE 2 ABLE, 48907

PACE-1, 48909

GNOMES-2, 48910 (Decayed)

YAM-2, 48911

ION SCV-003, 48912 (Decayed)

CAPELLA-5 (WHITNEY), 48913 (Decayed)

ICEYE-X12, 48914 (Decayed)

YAM-3, 48915

ICEYE-X13, 48916

MANDRAKE 2 BAKER 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.
6 mins	2025-05-04 10:26:26.688Z	149.454° SSE	2025-05-04 10:29:26.688Z	62.871° ENE	37.556°	2025-05-04 10:32:26.688Z	358.542° N
5 mins	2025-05-04 23:21:26.688Z	29.127° NE	2025-05-04 23:23:26.688Z	106.352° ESE	39.366°	2025-05-04 23:26:26.688Z	179.138° S

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