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BIRKELAND, 55015

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BIRKELAND, 55015 is a Norwegian payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Tue, 03 Jan 2023 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

55015, 2023-001G

Orbit

SSO

Country

NO / NOR

Related business

National Aerospace Laboratory (NL)

Manufacturer

NanoAvionics

Mission

Operational Civil Sigint

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-01-03 (3 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.080 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 BIRKELAND
1 55015U 23001G   25335.82649674  .00009680  00000-0  27963-3 0  9999
2 55015  97.3628  38.5913 0009012  95.8038 264.4233 15.35826203162016

Epoch: 2025-12-01T19:50Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-01T19:50:09.318Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

30.13206°

Altitude

462.185 km

Speed

7.635 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 34m 21s

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

05:39:56

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

461.569 km

Perigee altitude

449.252 km

Semi-major axis

6,833.547 km

Eccentricity

0.0009

Inclination

97.3628°

RAAN

38.5913°

Arg. of periapsis

95.8038°

True anomaly

264.32053°

Mean anomaly

264.4233°

Eccentric anomaly

264.37191°

Mean motion

3.84215 °/min

Orbital period

93.7 mins

BSTAR

0.00027963

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Other satellites on launch #1 in the year 2023 (2023-01-03 UTC)

SKYKRAFT-1A, 55054

FLOCK 4Y 18, 55023 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4Y 9, 55069 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-162, 55095 (Decayed)

KUWAITSAT-1, 55103

HUYGENS, 55093

FLOCK 4Y 29, 55030 (Decayed)

MENUT, 55010

KSF3-A, 55086

TAUSAT-2, 55073 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 PHILARI, 55013 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 MMOLO, 55038 (Decayed)

KSF3-D, 55085 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4Y 11, 55043 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 FUENTETAJA-01, 55088 (Decayed)

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BIRKELAND 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	2025-12-02 16:43:44.821Z	35.674° NE	2025-12-02 16:46:44.821Z	110.801° ESE	27.563°	2025-12-02 16:48:44.821Z	156.41° SSE
5 mins	2025-12-03 04:48:44.821Z	203.131° SW	2025-12-03 04:50:44.821Z	266.749° W	31.753°	2025-12-03 04:53:44.821Z	331.313° NNW

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BIRKELAND, 55015

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-01T19:50:09.318Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #1 in the year 2023 (2023-01-03 UTC)

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