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PACE-1, 48909

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PACE-1, 48909 is a payload satellite owned by ARC (US) 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

48909, 2021-059AG

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (US)

Manufacturer

ARC

Mission

Operational Civil Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

10 kg wet, 10 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, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.080 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 PACE-1
1 48909U 21059AG  25124.16756993  .00026311  00000-0  56159-3 0  9999
2 48909  97.6750 285.2238 0004922  28.9306 331.2213 15.44848275214113

Epoch: 2025-05-04T04:01Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-04T04:01:18.041Z)

Latitude

-0.00013°

Longitude

2.59929°

Altitude

432.002 km

Speed

7.654 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 00m 53s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

41.56111°

Longitude

-4.01147°

Altitude

434.666 km

Speed

7.657 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 19m 14s

Apparent Declination

9° 53' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:41:27

Azimuth

76.384° E

Elevation

-0.793°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

432.119 km

Perigee altitude

425.418 km

Semi-major axis

6,806.906 km

Eccentricity

0.0004922

Inclination

97.675°

RAAN

285.2238°

Arg. of periapsis

28.9306°

True anomaly

331.19413°

Mean anomaly

331.2213°

Eccentric anomaly

331.20772°

Mean motion

3.86472 °/min

BSTAR

0.00056159

Orbital period

93.15 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

MANDRAKE 2 BAKER, 48908

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

PACE-1 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	2025-05-04 10:22:56.431Z	137.933° SSE	2025-05-04 10:24:56.431Z	80.984° E	33.102°	2025-05-04 10:27:56.431Z	3.695° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-04 23:14:56.431Z	36.946° NE	2025-05-04 23:16:56.431Z	101.572° ESE	33.216°	2025-05-04 23:19:56.431Z	171.215° S

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