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ARCTURUS, 56371

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARCTURUS, 56371 is a payload satellite owned by Astranis (US) in GEO that was launched on Mon, 01 May 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

56371, 2023-060B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. (US)

Manufacturer

Astranis

Mission

Partially operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

MICROGEO, EP

Mass

400 kg wet, 400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-05-01 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON HEAVY

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

6.811 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 ARCTURUS
1 56371U 23060B   25176.98320580 -.00000231  00000-0  00000+0 0  9995
2 56371   1.8582  84.4597 0001784  71.5240  31.4780  1.00273542  7873

Epoch: 2025-06-25T23:35Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-25T23:35:48.981Z)

Latitude

1.81407°

Longitude

-80.81541°

Altitude

35,779.002 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 29m 58s

True Declination

1° 48' 44"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.80616°

Longitude

149.86733°

Altitude

35,786.736 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 04m 56s

Apparent Declination

-7° 02' 33"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:15:35

Azimuth

145.359° SSE

Elevation

36.691°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,794.693 km

Perigee altitude

35,779.649 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.308 km

Eccentricity

0.00018

Inclination

1.8582°

RAAN

84.4597°

Arg. of periapsis

71.524°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

31.478°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.13 mins

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ARCTURUS 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.
1440 mins	2025-06-26 14:56:06.756Z	145.37° SSE	2025-06-26 22:40:06.756Z	143.666° SSE	32.356°	2025-06-27 14:56:06.756Z	145.346° SSE

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