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LYNK TOWER 1, 52162

Orbit data source: Space-Track

LYNK TOWER 1, 52162 is a payload satellite owned by Lynk (US) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 01 Apr 2022 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

52162, 2022-033F

Orbit

SSO

Country

US

Related business

Lynk Global, Inc (US)

Manufacturer

Lynk

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LYNK SHANNON, Unknown motor

Mass

~80 kg wet, ~80 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2022-04-01 (4 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: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 LYNK TOWER 1
1 52162U 22033F   25340.81422375  .00101885  00000-0  68410-3 0  9997
2 52162  97.2840  75.2496 0003729 133.4797 226.6778 15.74901501206500

Epoch: 2025-12-06T19:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-06T19:32:28.931Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

66.29249°

Altitude

349.8 km

Speed

7.698 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 00m 59s

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

04:25:50

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

344.305 km

Perigee altitude

339.293 km

Semi-major axis

6,719.936 km

Eccentricity

0.00037

Inclination

97.284°

RAAN

75.2496°

Arg. of periapsis

133.4797°

True anomaly

226.64672°

Mean anomaly

226.6778°

Eccentric anomaly

226.66226°

Mean motion

3.93999 °/min

Orbital period

91.37 mins

BSTAR

0.0006841

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Other satellites on launch #33 in the year 2022 (2022-04-01 UTC)

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SPACEBEE-137, 52186 (Decayed)

KSF2-D, 52190 (Decayed)

ION SCV-005, 52163 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-128, 52182 (Decayed)

NUSAT-26 (M SOMERVILLE), 52184

NUSAT-25 (MARIA TELKES), 52171

KSF2-A, 52194 (Decayed)

KSF2-B, 52193 (Decayed)

HAWK-4B, 52165 (Decayed)

HAWK-4C, 52170 (Decayed)

ALFACRUX, 52160 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-132, 52185 (Decayed)

SUCHAI-2, 52192 (Decayed)

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LYNK TOWER 1 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	2025-12-07 06:21:11.914Z	152.323° SSE	2025-12-07 06:23:11.914Z	83.597° E	39.52°	2025-12-07 06:25:11.914Z	0.761° NNE

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