STARLINK-5953, 56799

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STARLINK-5953, 56799 is a payload satellite owned by SpaceX/Seattle (US) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 31 May 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

56799, 2023-078AJ

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

19 hours ago

Origin

SpaceX (US)

Manufacturer

SpaceX/Seattle

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

STARLINK, Unknown motor

Mass

305 kg wet, ~290 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-05-31 (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, 9 m

Radar Cross Section

11.087 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 STARLINK-5953
1 56799U 23078AJ  25131.16044430 -.00000087  00000-0  48725-6 0  9998
2 56799  70.0013  27.2634 0002763 264.3853  95.6991 14.98329469107622

Epoch: 2025-05-11T03:51Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-11T03:51:02.387Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

100.31158°

Altitude

574.673 km

Speed

7.574 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 49m 03s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-56.46946°

Longitude

65.21299°

Altitude

591.761 km

Speed

7.564 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 00m 36s

Apparent Declination

-53° 07' 38"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

07:07:24

Azimuth

226.017° WSW

Elevation

-66.711°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

571.925 km

Perigee altitude

568.086 km

Semi-major axis

6,948.143 km

Eccentricity

0.0002763

Inclination

70.0013°

RAAN

27.2634°

Arg. of periapsis

264.3853°

True anomaly

95.7306°

Mean anomaly

95.6991°

Eccentric anomaly

95.71485°

Mean motion

3.74749 °/min

BSTAR

4.8725e-7

Orbital period

96.06 mins

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STARLINK-5953 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.
4 mins	2025-05-12 02:49:00.083Z	16.146° NNE	2025-05-12 02:51:00.083Z	44.992° NE	14.704°	2025-05-12 02:53:00.083Z	77.515° E
6 mins	2025-05-12 04:28:00.083Z	312.103° NW	2025-05-12 04:30:00.083Z	251.915° W	37.291°	2025-05-12 04:34:00.083Z	175.14° S
7 mins	2025-05-12 18:27:00.083Z	212.881° SW	2025-05-12 18:30:00.083Z	305.393° NW	43.502°	2025-05-12 18:34:00.083Z	20.203° NNE

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