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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

2 days 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 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.650 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 2 days ago

0 LYNK TOWER 3
1 55046U 23001AP  25118.90841739  .00011424  00000-0  44116-3 0  9995
2 55046  97.3770 177.9020 0011121 145.5306 214.6656 15.26371157128527

Epoch: 2025-04-28T21:48Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T21:48:07.262Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-6.24394°

Altitude

496.054 km

Speed

7.613 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 51m 36s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-34.21874°

Longitude

1.10366°

Altitude

507.075 km

Speed

7.605 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 27m 52s

Apparent Declination

-73° 52' 13"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:54:46

Azimuth

199.828° SSW

Elevation

-35.855°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

491.258 km

Perigee altitude

475.996 km

Semi-major axis

6,861.764 km

Eccentricity

0.0011121

Inclination

97.377°

RAAN

177.902°

Arg. of periapsis

145.5306°

True anomaly

214.5932°

Mean anomaly

214.6656°

Eccentric anomaly

214.62939°

Mean motion

3.81847 °/min

BSTAR

0.00044116

Orbital period

94.28 mins

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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)

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	2025-05-01 16:26:30.224Z	24.955° NE	2025-05-01 16:29:30.224Z	88.663° E	36.192°	2025-05-01 16:32:30.224Z	171.945° S
4 mins	2025-05-02 04:36:30.224Z	220.242° SW	2025-05-02 04:38:30.224Z	268.591° W	23.195°	2025-05-02 04:40:30.224Z	312.141° NW

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