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FARADAY_PHOENIX, 48924

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FARADAY_PHOENIX, 48924 is a payload satellite owned by In-Space (UK) 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

48924, 2021-059AX

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

British Aerospace (BAE) Systems (GB)

Manufacturer

GOMSpace

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2021-06-30 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.080 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 17 hours ago

TLE from 17 hours ago

0 FARADAY_PHOENIX
1 48924U 21059AX  26043.98023906  .00047547  00000-0  64599-3 0  9999
2 48924  97.6906 230.4548 0006705  55.7613 304.4276 15.57451374258213

Epoch: 2026-02-12T23:31Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-12T23:31:32.654Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

94.54453°

Altitude

395.603 km

Speed

7.674 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 21m 49s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

19:08:19

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

396.504 km

Perigee altitude

387.425 km

Semi-major axis

6,770.102 km

Eccentricity

0.00067

Inclination

97.6906°

RAAN

230.4548°

Arg. of periapsis

55.7613°

True anomaly

304.36419°

Mean anomaly

304.4276°

Eccentric anomaly

304.3959°

Mean motion

3.89628 °/min

Orbital period

92.4 mins

BSTAR

0.00064599

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

W-CUBE, 48965 (Decayed)

ASTROCAST-0202, 48961 (Decayed)

UMBRA-2001, 48906 (Decayed)

SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2, 48958

YAM-3, 48915

HAWK-3B, 48931

QMR-KWT, 48943 (Decayed)

DEMO8(TENZING), 48951

SPACEBEE-104, 48890 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-88, 48935 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-94, 48937 (Decayed)

DEMO9(AURORA), 48956 (Decayed)

CENTAURI-4 (TYVAK-0211), 48898 (Decayed)

D2/ATLACOM-1, 48922 (Decayed)

SPACEBEENZ-10, 48882 (Decayed)

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FARADAY_PHOENIX 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.
4 mins	2026-02-14 00:45:54.491Z	42.846° NE	2026-02-14 00:47:54.491Z	99.241° ESE	26.32°	2026-02-14 00:49:54.491Z	154.35° SSE
5 mins	2026-02-14 12:39:54.491Z	190.525° SSW	2026-02-14 12:41:54.491Z	249.453° W	34.862°	2026-02-14 12:44:54.491Z	334.35° NNW

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FARADAY_PHOENIX, 48924

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 17 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-12T23:31:32.654Z)

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

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