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LYNK TOWER 4, 55034

Orbit data source: Space-Track

LYNK TOWER 4, 55034 is a payload satellite owned by Lynk (US) 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

55034, 2023-001AB

Orbit

SSO

Country

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)

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, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.650 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 15 hours ago

TLE from 15 hours ago

0 LYNK TOWER 4
1 55034U 23001AB  25242.87437744  .00010837  00000-0  40249-3 0  9993
2 55034  97.3657 299.9016 0010973  77.6902 282.5565 15.27678357147414

Epoch: 2025-08-30T20:59Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-30T20:59:06.21Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

5.82332°

Altitude

484.227 km

Speed

7.624 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 59m 36s

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

03:12:01

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

487.234 km

Perigee altitude

472.183 km

Semi-major axis

6,857.845 km

Eccentricity

0.0011

Inclination

97.3657°

RAAN

299.9016°

Arg. of periapsis

77.6902°

True anomaly

282.43373°

Mean anomaly

282.5565°

Eccentric anomaly

282.49512°

Mean motion

3.82174 °/min

Orbital period

94.2 mins

BSTAR

0.00040249

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

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FLOCK 4Y 28, 55033 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4Y 3, 55035 (Decayed)

UMBRA-05, 55036

LEMUR 2 EMMACULATE, 55037 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 MMOLO, 55038 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4Y 1, 55039 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4Y 16, 55040 (Decayed)

SKYKRAFT-1, 55041

FLOCK 4Y 33, 55042

FLOCK 4Y 11, 55043

STERNULA-1, 55044 (Decayed)

NUSAT-34 (AMELIA EARHART, 55045

LYNK TOWER 3, 55046

LYNK TOWER 4 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	2025-08-31 16:24:53.286Z	28.296° NE	2025-08-31 16:27:53.286Z	113.053° SE	35.163°	2025-08-31 16:30:53.286Z	173.051° S
4 mins	2025-09-01 04:33:53.286Z	218.552° SW	2025-09-01 04:35:53.286Z	268.735° W	23.848°	2025-09-01 04:37:53.286Z	313.421° NW