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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

53807, 2022-111AL

Orbit

LEO

Country

Related business

AST SpaceMoblie (US)

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)

2022-09-11 (3 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Plate, 6.0 m

Radar Cross Section

1.500 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 14 hours ago

TLE from 14 hours ago

0 BLUEWALKER 3
1 53807U 22111AL  25340.91032987  .00007957  00000-0  23606-3 0  9991
2 53807  53.2298 215.0210 0004784 317.3306  42.7326 15.35760948180631

Epoch: 2025-12-06T21:50Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-06T21:50:52.500Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

171.37093°

Altitude

457.169 km

Speed

7.641 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 20m 05s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

10:17:18

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

462.178 km

Perigee altitude

455.636 km

Semi-major axis

6,837.044 km

Eccentricity

0.00048

Inclination

53.2298°

RAAN

215.021°

Arg. of periapsis

317.3306°

True anomaly

42.76982°

Mean anomaly

42.7326°

Eccentric anomaly

42.75121°

Mean motion

3.8392 °/min

Orbital period

93.77 mins

BSTAR

0.00023606

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Other satellites on launch #111 in the year 2022 (2022-09-11 UTC)

STARLINK-4768, 53806

FALCON 9 DEB, 53811 (Decayed)

STARLINK-4721, 53796 (Decayed)

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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.
6 mins	2025-12-07 18:19:41.872Z	221.474° SW	2025-12-07 18:22:41.872Z	118.827° SE	43.683°	2025-12-07 18:25:41.872Z	53.872° ENE
5 mins	2025-12-08 00:53:41.872Z	321.379° NNW	2025-12-08 00:55:41.872Z	1.534° NNE	38.273°	2025-12-08 00:58:41.872Z	113.238° SE

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BLUEWALKER 3, 53807

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-06T21:50:52.500Z)

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Other satellites on launch #111 in the year 2022 (2022-09-11 UTC)

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