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ORBITER SN3, 56960

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ORBITER SN3, 56960 is a payload satellite owned by Launcher Inc (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

56960, 2023-084AE

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

Vast Space (US)

Manufacturer

Launcher Inc

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

LAORB1, AOCS

Mass

223 kg wet, ~150 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

Oct Cyl, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.583 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 ORBITER SN3
1 56960U 23084AE  25188.80470540  .00004809  00000-0  17987-3 0  9991
2 56960  97.5831 315.9481 0010796 109.6363 250.6042 15.27775108114797

Epoch: 2025-07-07T19:18Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-07T19:18:46.546Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

100.24538°

Altitude

488.028 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 03m 47s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-20.05528°

Longitude

-82.02173°

Altitude

490.487 km

Speed

7.619 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 12m 34s

Apparent Declination

-30° 00' 55"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:16:47

Azimuth

306.708° NW

Elevation

-74.914°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

486.832 km

Perigee altitude

472.025 km

Semi-major axis

6,857.565 km

Eccentricity

0.00108

Inclination

97.5831°

RAAN

315.9481°

Arg. of periapsis

109.6363°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

250.6042°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.82198 °/min

Orbital period

94.19 mins

BSTAR

0.00017987

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

FOSSASAT2E16 (FEROX), 56932 (Decayed)

BLACKJACK ACES-1, 56956

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)

ORBITER SN3 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	2025-07-08 08:01:16.998Z	135.639° SSE	2025-07-08 08:04:16.998Z	70.379° E	28.633°	2025-07-08 08:07:16.998Z	8.396° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-08 21:02:16.998Z	33.948° NE	2025-07-08 21:04:16.998Z	86.329° E	34.143°	2025-07-08 21:07:16.998Z	169.072° S

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