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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

3 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 3 hours ago

0 ORBITER SN3
1 56960U 23084AE  25133.18579533  .00006309  00000-0  24032-3 0  9990
2 56960  97.5768 259.4343 0008252 311.5666  48.4864 15.27062424106302

Epoch: 2025-05-13T04:27Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-13T04:27:32.716Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-38.64016°

Altitude

483.943 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 17m 44s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

57.83044°

Longitude

-50.63683°

Altitude

496.064 km

Speed

7.621 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 37m 14s

Apparent Declination

53° 57' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:16:24

Azimuth

5.759° NNE

Elevation

4.253°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

487.224 km

Perigee altitude

475.903 km

Semi-major axis

6,859.7 km

Eccentricity

0.0008252

Inclination

97.5768°

RAAN

259.4343°

Arg. of periapsis

311.5666°

True anomaly

48.55726°

Mean anomaly

48.4864°

Eccentric anomaly

48.52182°

Mean motion

3.82019 °/min

BSTAR

0.00024032

Orbital period

94.24 mins

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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.
4 mins	2025-05-13 09:18:34.111Z	225.125° WSW	2025-05-13 09:20:34.111Z	261.384° W	16.716°	2025-05-13 09:22:34.111Z	300.634° NW
4 mins	2025-05-13 20:46:34.111Z	54.372° ENE	2025-05-13 20:47:34.111Z	81.742° E	27.644°	2025-05-13 20:50:34.111Z	157.445° SSE

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