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SHERPA-AC1, 52763

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHERPA-AC1, 52763 is a payload satellite owned by Spaceflight Ind (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 25 May 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

52763, 2022-057AH

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

Firefly Aerospace (US)

Manufacturer

Spaceflight Ind

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

ESPA/SHERPA-FX, Unknown motor

Mass

176 kg wet, 176 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2022-05-25 (3 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.565 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 SHERPA-AC1
1 52763U 22057AH  25232.90234918  .00006594  00000-0  22748-3 0  9999
2 52763  97.6281   6.7306 0009937  79.6661 280.5698 15.30290593179689

Epoch: 2025-08-20T21:39Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-20T21:39:22.969Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

72.4114°

Altitude

476.8 km

Speed

7.628 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 26m 55s

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

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:24:52

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

478.713 km

Perigee altitude

465.1 km

Semi-major axis

6,850.043 km

Eccentricity

0.00099

Inclination

97.6281°

RAAN

6.7306°

Arg. of periapsis

79.6661°

True anomaly

280.45784°

Mean anomaly

280.5698°

Eccentric anomaly

280.51382°

Mean motion

3.82828 °/min

Orbital period

94.04 mins

BSTAR

0.00022748

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CELESTIS 21/VARISAT 1C, 52766 (Decayed)

CNCE4, 52767 (Decayed)

CNCE5, 52768 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 MIMI1307, 52769 (Decayed)

SHERPA-AC1 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	2025-08-22 08:19:23.617Z	122.477° SE	2025-08-22 08:22:23.617Z	59.051° ENE	21.268°	2025-08-22 08:24:23.617Z	20.488° NNE
4 mins	2025-08-22 21:19:23.617Z	55.494° ENE	2025-08-22 21:21:23.617Z	113.377° SE	24.755°	2025-08-22 21:23:23.617Z	153.479° SSE