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SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2, 48958

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2, 48958 is a payload satellite owned by Spaceflight Ind (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

48958, 2021-059CH

Orbit

SSO

Country

US

Related business

Firefly Aerospace (US)

Manufacturer

Spaceflight Ind

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

ESPA/SHERPA-FX, Unknown motor

Mass

295 kg wet, 128 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

Cyl, 0.4 m

Radar Cross Section

0.503 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 1 day ago

TLE from 1 day ago

0 SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2
1 48958U 21059CH  26140.26431171  .00016462  00000-0  24645-3 0  9992
2 48958  97.6874 332.1746 0007835  83.9060 276.3085 15.55027260273086

Epoch: 2026-05-20T06:20Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-20T06:20:36.531Z)

Latitude

-0.00012°

Longitude

-0.90396°

Altitude

404.623 km

Speed

7.668 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 08m 41s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

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

16:20:19

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

404.315 km

Perigee altitude

393.695 km

Semi-major axis

6,777.142 km

Eccentricity

0.00078

Inclination

97.6874°

RAAN

332.1746°

Arg. of periapsis

83.906°

True anomaly

276.21925°

Mean anomaly

276.3085°

Eccentric anomaly

276.26388°

Mean motion

3.89021 °/min

Orbital period

92.54 mins

BSTAR

0.00024645

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

MANDRAKE 2 BAKER, 48908

SPACEBEE-101, 48884 (Decayed)

FARADAY_PHOENIX, 48924

YAM-2, 48911 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-99, 48936 (Decayed)

ASTROCAST-0202, 48961 (Decayed)

KSF1-C, 48942 (Decayed)

ASTROCAST-0201, 48954 (Decayed)

ICEYE-X15, 48917 (Decayed)

CAPELLA-5 (WHITNEY), 48913 (Decayed)

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SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2 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	2026-05-22 02:08:58.477Z	340.048° N	2026-05-22 02:10:58.477Z	273.449° WNW	27.601°	2026-05-22 02:12:58.477Z	226.02° WSW

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Check out SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2, 48958 on other resources

View SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2, 48958 on NASA - NSSDCA Website

View SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2, 48958 on Heavens-Above

View SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2, 48958 on Keep Track

View SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2, 48958 on Celestrak

View SHERPA-FX2/TAGSAT-2, 48958 on Gunter's Space Page

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