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HAWK-3C, 48948

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HAWK-3C, 48948 is a payload satellite owned by HawkEye 360 (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

48948, 2021-059BX

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

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)

2021-06-30 (4 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

0.348 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 HAWK-3C
1 48948U 21059BX  25356.50196021  .00031193  00000-0  45529-3 0  9990
2 48948  97.6855 178.7161 0005590 259.0706 100.9919 15.55604516250266

Epoch: 2025-12-22T12:02Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-22T12:02:49.362Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-93.28872°

Altitude

404.251 km

Speed

7.668 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 54m 51s

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

21:00:02

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

401.114 km

Perigee altitude

393.539 km

Semi-major axis

6,775.464 km

Eccentricity

0.00056

Inclination

97.6855°

RAAN

178.7161°

Arg. of periapsis

259.0706°

True anomaly

101.05477°

Mean anomaly

100.9919°

Eccentric anomaly

101.02334°

Mean motion

3.89166 °/min

Orbital period

92.51 mins

BSTAR

0.00045529

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

STARLINK-3004, 48880

LEMUR 2 ANNABANANA, 48923 (Decayed)

FARADAY_PHOENIX, 48924

ASTROCAST-0205, 48960

ASTROCAST-0203, 48955

PACE-1, 48909

SPACEBEE-95, 48945 (Decayed)

SHANNON, 48938 (Decayed)

QMR-KWT, 48943 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-111, 48904 (Decayed)

SPACEBEENZ-7, 48889 (Decayed)

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HAWK-3C 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	2025-12-23 00:57:42.284Z	29.143° NE	2025-12-23 00:59:42.284Z	83.658° E	35.673°	2025-12-23 01:02:42.284Z	174.924° S

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HAWK-3C, 48948

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-22T12:02:49.362Z)

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Orbital elements

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

HAWK-3C Visibility forecast

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