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CHECKMATE 8, 56162

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CHECKMATE 8, 56162 is a payload satellite owned by SDA (US) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 02 Apr 2023 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

56162, 2023-050A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

Space Development Agency (US)

Manufacturer

York Space Sys

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

S-CLASS, Unknown motor

Mass

~300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-04-02 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

0.945 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 CHECKMATE 8
1 56162U 23050A   25213.90476156  .00000100  00000-0  79126-4 0  9991
2 56162  81.0024  17.9586 0007207 101.6716 258.5249 13.84882258117958

Epoch: 2025-08-01T21:42Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-01T21:42:51.398Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

101.49585°

Altitude

950.532 km

Speed

7.376 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 11m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

80.47767°

Longitude

170.74526°

Altitude

954.835 km

Speed

7.384 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

14h 48m 54s

Apparent Declination

38° 23' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

03:29:20

Azimuth

8.062° NNE

Elevation

-11.146°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

949.117 km

Perigee altitude

938.563 km

Semi-major axis

7,321.977 km

Eccentricity

0.00072

Inclination

81.0024°

RAAN

17.9586°

Arg. of periapsis

101.6716°

True anomaly

258.44398°

Mean anomaly

258.5249°

Eccentric anomaly

258.48444°

Mean motion

3.46418 °/min

Orbital period

103.92 mins

BSTAR

0.000079126

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CHECKMATE 8 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.
11 mins	2025-08-02 22:34:11.628Z	355.04° N	2025-08-02 22:39:11.628Z	53.548° ENE	43.583°	2025-08-02 22:45:11.628Z	164.377° S
4 mins	2025-08-03 00:22:11.628Z	293.229° NW	2025-08-03 00:24:11.628Z	271.322° WNW	14.184°	2025-08-03 00:26:11.628Z	250.691° W
5 mins	2025-08-03 10:17:11.628Z	106.405° ESE	2025-08-03 10:19:11.628Z	83.949° E	15.756°	2025-08-03 10:22:11.628Z	52.251° ENE
10 mins	2025-08-03 11:59:11.628Z	202.043° SSW	2025-08-03 12:03:11.628Z	263.37° W	42.51°	2025-08-03 12:09:11.628Z	3.825° NNE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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