LDPE-1, 49818
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LDPE-1, 49818 is a payload satellite owned by AFRL/RV (US) in GEO that was launched on Tue, 07 Dec 2021 UTC via an ATLAS V 551 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
NGIS
Mission
Non-operational Defense Technology
Bus & Motor
LDPE, Unknown motor
Mass
~500 kg wet, 500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cyl + 1 Pan, 1.8 m
Radar Cross Section
3.054 m², Large (>1 m²)
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TLE from 3 days ago
0 LDPE-1
1 49818U 21118B 26255.58601860 .00000002 00000-0 00000+0 0 9998
2 49818 5.8744 62.4420 0014804 192.9106 340.7806 0.99069964 485Epoch: 2026-09-12T14:03Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-12T14:03:52.007Z)
Latitude
0.6726°
Longitude
33.54617°
Altitude
36,067.222 km
Speed
3.067 km/s
True Right ascension
15h 44m 25s
True Declination
0° 40' 19"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
09:01:02
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
36,190.882 km
Perigee altitude
36,065.03 km
Semi-major axis
42,506.093 km
Eccentricity
0.00148
Inclination
5.8744°
RAAN
62.442°
Arg. of periapsis
192.9106°
True anomaly
340.72466°
Mean anomaly
340.7806°
Eccentric anomaly
340.75264°
Mean motion
0.24767 °/min
Orbital period
1,453.57 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #118 in the year 2021 (2021-12-07 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.LDPE-1 Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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