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BLACKJACK ACES-1, 56956

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BLACKJACK ACES-1, 56956 is a payload satellite owned by DARPA (US) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 12 Jun 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

56956, 2023-084AA

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)

Manufacturer

BLCAN/LMSS

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

X-SAT, Unknown motor

Mass

~200 kg wet, ~200 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-06-12 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 1.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.875 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 BLACKJACK ACES-1
1 56956U 23084AA  25123.87041106  .00015142  00000-0  66294-3 0  9991
2 56956  97.5672 250.9402 0006372 340.3152  19.7837 15.22114146 54693

Epoch: 2025-05-03T20:53Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T20:53:23.515Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

75.58576°

Altitude

498.429 km

Speed

7.618 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 43m 45s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-49.78887°

Longitude

85.03031°

Altitude

514.947 km

Speed

7.607 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 10m 40s

Apparent Declination

-76° 24' 10"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:32:10

Azimuth

162.616° S

Elevation

-44.331°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

500.815 km

Perigee altitude

492.054 km

Semi-major axis

6,874.572 km

Eccentricity

0.0006372

Inclination

97.5672°

RAAN

250.9402°

Arg. of periapsis

340.3152°

True anomaly

19.80843°

Mean anomaly

19.7837°

Eccentric anomaly

19.79606°

Mean motion

3.8078 °/min

BSTAR

0.00066294

Orbital period

94.54 mins

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Other satellites on launch #84 in the year 2023 (2023-06-12 UTC)

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ION SCV-011, 56957

GHOST-3, 56958

PHOTON-04, 56959 (Decayed)

NUSAT-42 (M WONENBURGER), 56966

MUSAT1, 56967 (Decayed)

NUSAT-43 (R DIENG-KUNTZ), 56968

SPACEBEE-179, 56969 (Decayed)

BLACKJACK ACES-1 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.
6 mins	2025-05-04 08:03:51.059Z	142.523° SSE	2025-05-04 08:06:51.059Z	76.654° E	33.559°	2025-05-04 08:09:51.059Z	5.331° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-04 21:07:51.059Z	24.229° NE	2025-05-04 21:09:51.059Z	71.336° E	40.51°	2025-05-04 21:12:51.059Z	179.31° S

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