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LYNK TOWER 3, 55046

Orbit data source: Space-Track

LYNK TOWER 3, 55046 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

55046, 2023-001AP

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

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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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 LYNK TOWER 3
1 55046U 23001AP  25199.57557921  .00007068  00000-0  26466-3 0  9991
2 55046  97.3714 257.6115 0008658 219.2175 140.8438 15.27564377140835

Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:48Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:48:50.043Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

113.77793°

Altitude

490.807 km

Speed

7.617 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 10m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

62.06446°

Longitude

-51.77098°

Altitude

494.839 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 38m 54s

Apparent Declination

17° 49' 33"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:33:09

Azimuth

326.703° NNW

Elevation

-25.249°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

485.988 km

Perigee altitude

474.112 km

Semi-major axis

6,858.187 km

Eccentricity

0.00087

Inclination

97.3714°

RAAN

257.6115°

Arg. of periapsis

219.2175°

True anomaly

140.90639°

Mean anomaly

140.8438°

Eccentric anomaly

140.8751°

Mean motion

3.82146 °/min

Orbital period

94.2 mins

BSTAR

0.00026466

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

OBJECT A, 55009

FLOCK 4Y 28, 55033 (Decayed)

LYNK TOWER 4, 55034

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 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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	2025-07-19 04:05:30.113Z	177.218° S	2025-07-19 04:08:30.113Z	289.789° WNW	42.157°	2025-07-19 04:11:30.113Z	342.155° N
5 mins	2025-07-19 17:06:30.113Z	352.657° N	2025-07-19 17:08:30.113Z	301.842° NW	35.508°	2025-07-19 17:11:30.113Z	215.053° SW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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