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GHOST-3, 56958

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GHOST-3, 56958 is a payload satellite owned by Orbital Sidekick (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

56958, 2023-084AC

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

Orbital Sidekick (US)

Manufacturer

Astro Digital

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

CORVUS-XL, Unknown motor

Mass

85 kg wet, 85 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 Dish, 2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.425 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 GHOST-3
1 56958U 23084AC  25182.87378501  .00009489  00000-0  28648-3 0  9998
2 56958  97.5794 312.5442 0010067 111.5861 248.6455 15.34439344114071

Epoch: 2025-07-01T20:58Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-01T20:58:15.024Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

77.81862°

Altitude

468.205 km

Speed

7.631 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 50m 10s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-81.44601°

Longitude

139.8185°

Altitude

497.452 km

Speed

7.611 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 58m 59s

Apparent Declination

-63° 50' 51"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:40:51

Azimuth

168.956° S

Elevation

-65.286°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

466.424 km

Perigee altitude

452.657 km

Semi-major axis

6,837.677 km

Eccentricity

0.00101

Inclination

97.5794°

RAAN

312.5442°

Arg. of periapsis

111.5861°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

248.6455°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.83867 °/min

Orbital period

93.78 mins

BSTAR

0.00028648

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

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BLACKJACK ACES-1, 56956

ION SCV-011, 56957

PHOTON-04, 56959 (Decayed)

NUSAT-42 (M WONENBURGER), 56966

MUSAT1, 56967 (Decayed)

NUSAT-43 (R DIENG-KUNTZ), 56968

SPACEBEE-179, 56969 (Decayed)

GHOST-3 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.
5 mins	2025-07-02 08:04:12.345Z	123.757° SE	2025-07-02 08:06:12.345Z	83.186° E	23.051°	2025-07-02 08:09:12.345Z	16.196° NNE
4 mins	2025-07-02 21:02:12.345Z	58.805° ENE	2025-07-02 21:03:12.345Z	88.179° E	26.181°	2025-07-02 21:06:12.345Z	158.26° S

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