LDPE-3A, 55264
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LDPE-3A, 55264 is a payload satellite owned by AFRL/RV (US) in GEO that was launched on Sun, 15 Jan 2023 UTC via an FALCON HEAVY 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
NGIS
Mission
Operational Defense Technology
Bus & Motor
ESPASTAR, Unknown motor
Mass
~500 kg wet, 500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cyl + 1 Pan, 1.8 m
Radar Cross Section
3.054 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 11 hours ago
TLE from 11 hours ago
0 LDPE-3A
1 55264U 23008B 25346.93535564 -.00000239 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990
2 55264 1.8015 83.5457 0001129 206.7818 214.0794 1.00575326 9955Epoch: 2025-12-12T22:26Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-12T22:26:54.727Z)
Latitude
1.57938°
Longitude
85.78514°
Altitude
35,704.948 km
Speed
3.078 km/s
True Right ascension
09h 37m 31s
True Declination
1° 34' 40"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
07:35:02
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,707.537 km
Perigee altitude
35,698.035 km
Semi-major axis
42,080.923 km
Eccentricity
0.00011
Inclination
1.8015°
RAAN
83.5457°
Arg. of periapsis
206.7818°
True anomaly
214.07215°
Mean anomaly
214.0794°
Eccentric anomaly
214.07578°
Mean motion
0.25143 °/min
Orbital period
1,431.82 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #8 in the year 2023 (2023-01-15 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.LDPE-3A Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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