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SHANNON, 48938 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHANNON, 48938 was a payload satellite owned by Lynk (US) in LEO 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

48938, 2021-059BM

Orbit

Decayed

Country

Related business

Lynk Global, Inc (US)

Manufacturer

Lynk

Mission

Decayed Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LYNK SHANNON, Unknown motor

Mass

~30 kg wet, ~30 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, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.650 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 1 year ago

TLE from 1 year ago

0 SHANNON
1 48938U 21059BM  25028.26156222  .06143074  26643-5  53993-3 0  9995
2 48938  97.6298 203.3836 0008643 288.4851  71.5508 16.39217163200464

Epoch: 2025-01-28T06:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-01-28T06:16:38.975Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-18.54865°

Altitude

169.343 km

Speed

7.806 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 33m 32s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

17:12:55

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

170.36 km

Perigee altitude

159.05 km

Semi-major axis

6,542.842 km

Eccentricity

0.00086

Inclination

97.6298°

RAAN

203.3836°

Arg. of periapsis

288.4851°

True anomaly

71.64478°

Mean anomaly

71.5508°

Eccentric anomaly

71.59779°

Mean motion

4.10104 °/min

Orbital period

87.78 mins

BSTAR

0.00053993

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KSF1-D, 48950 (Decayed)

ICEYE-X12, 48914 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-98, 48949 (Decayed)

TROPICS PATHFINDER, 48901 (Decayed)

D2/ATLACOM-1, 48922 (Decayed)

HAWK-3C, 48948

ASTROCAST-0202, 48961 (Decayed)

UMBRA-2001, 48906 (Decayed)

SPACEBEENZ-8, 48891 (Decayed)

SPACEBEENZ-10, 48882 (Decayed)

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

SPACEBEE-99, 48936 (Decayed)

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SHANNON, 48938 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 year ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-01-28T06:16:38.975Z)

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

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