BLUEWALKER 3, 53807
Orbit data source: Space-Track
BLUEWALKER 3, 53807 is a payload satellite owned by AST & Science (US) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 11 Sep 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
AST & Science
Mission
Partially operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
BW3, Unknown motor
Mass
1,500 kg wet, 1,500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 1 Plate, 6.0 m
Radar Cross Section
1.500 m², Large (>1 m²)
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TLE from 1 day ago
0 BLUEWALKER 3
1 53807U 22111AL 26309.68106130 .00006313 00000-0 16665-3 0 9995
2 53807 53.2266 88.9034 0004073 248.4757 111.5815 15.39815111231993Epoch: 2026-11-05T16:20Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-05T16:20:43.696Z)
Latitude
-0°
Longitude
158.8098°
Altitude
448.59 km
Speed
7.644 km/s
True Right ascension
05h 55m 36s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
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
15:39:44
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
449.682 km
Perigee altitude
444.122 km
Semi-major axis
6,825.039 km
Eccentricity
0.00041
Inclination
53.2266°
RAAN
88.9034°
Arg. of periapsis
248.4757°
True anomaly
111.62489°
Mean anomaly
111.5815°
Eccentric anomaly
111.6032°
Mean motion
3.84933 °/min
Orbital period
93.52 mins
BSTAR
0.00016665
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Other satellites on launch #111 in the year 2022 (2022-09-11 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.BLUEWALKER 3 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. |
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| 5 mins | 2026-11-07 12:10:05.450Z | 250.567° W | 2026-11-07 12:12:05.450Z | 299.833° NW | 51.224° | 2026-11-07 12:15:05.450Z | 38.414° NE |
| 5 mins | 2026-11-07 18:43:05.450Z | 301.843° NW | 2026-11-07 18:45:05.450Z | 196.661° SSW | 69.973° | 2026-11-07 18:48:05.450Z | 138.822° SSE |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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