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OBJECT BQ, 56231 (Decayed)

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OBJECT BQ, 56231 was a satellite in LEO that was launched on Mon, 12 Jun 2023 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Unknown objects in Earth's orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earth's gravity. This object's orbit decayed before it could be identified.

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Identifier

56231, 2023-084BQ

Orbit

Decayed

Country

TBD

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Decayed Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

2023-06-12 (3 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.006 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 9 months ago

TLE from 9 months ago

0 OBJECT BQ
1 56231U 23084BQ  25192.42911071  .13505995  27050-5  19089-3 0  9994
2 56231  97.5660 335.3097 0013530 262.1601  97.8166 16.48174529116408

Epoch: 2025-07-11T10:17Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-11T10:17:55.165Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-108.75131°

Altitude

148.616 km

Speed

7.816 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 21m 14s

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

19:55:14

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

149.772 km

Perigee altitude

132.131 km

Semi-major axis

6,519.089 km

Eccentricity

0.00135

Inclination

97.566°

RAAN

335.3097°

Arg. of periapsis

262.1601°

True anomaly

97.97017°

Mean anomaly

97.8166°

Eccentric anomaly

97.89339°

Mean motion

4.12347 °/min

Orbital period

87.31 mins

BSTAR

0.00019089

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MISR-B-2, 56940 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-174, 56976 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-172, 56979 (Decayed)

ICEYE-X26, 56961

MISR-A-1, 56971 (Decayed)

ORBITER SN3, 56960

AII-DELTA, 56987 (Decayed)

FOSSASAT2E17 (FEROX), 56935 (Decayed)

OTTER PUP, 56933

MUSAT1, 56967 (Decayed)

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OBJECT BQ, 56231 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 months ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-11T10:17:55.165Z)

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