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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

Country

Related business

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, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.875 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 18 hours ago

TLE from 18 hours ago

0 BLACKJACK ACES-1
1 56956U 23084AA  25241.95841355  .00014399  00000-0  64037-3 0  9991
2 56956  97.5822   9.6762 0005515 274.9910  85.0696 15.21595980 72642

Epoch: 2025-08-29T23:00Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-29T23:00:06.93Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

46.24773°

Altitude

503.789 km

Speed

7.613 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 38m 42s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

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

08:54:21

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

501.79 km

Perigee altitude

494.205 km

Semi-major axis

6,876.134 km

Eccentricity

0.00055

Inclination

97.5822°

RAAN

9.6762°

Arg. of periapsis

274.991°

True anomaly

85.13257°

Mean anomaly

85.0696°

Eccentric anomaly

85.10108°

Mean motion

3.80651 °/min

Orbital period

94.57 mins

BSTAR

0.00064037

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

FOSSASAT2E16 (FEROX), 56932 (Decayed)

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	2025-08-30 21:39:13.302Z	4.426° NNE	2025-08-30 21:42:13.302Z	308.802° NW	41.072°	2025-08-30 21:45:13.302Z	206.203° SW
5 mins	2025-08-31 08:17:13.302Z	140.722° SSE	2025-08-31 08:19:13.302Z	93.712° ESE	35.057°	2025-08-31 08:22:13.302Z	5.116° NNE