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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

9 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 9 hours ago

0 ORBITER SN3
1 56960U 23084AE  25123.88054512  .00009435  00000-0  35927-3 0  9999
2 56960  97.5747 249.9912 0008884 347.6929  12.4091 15.26923231104883

Epoch: 2025-05-03T21:07Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T21:07:59.098Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

70.97851°

Altitude

482.155 km

Speed

7.628 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 39m 57s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-35.33631°

Longitude

76.75087°

Altitude

492.787 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 58m 44s

Apparent Declination

-64° 23' 19"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:14:00

Azimuth

146.382° SSE

Elevation

-40.011°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

488.075 km

Perigee altitude

475.886 km

Semi-major axis

6,860.117 km

Eccentricity

0.0008884

Inclination

97.5747°

RAAN

249.9912°

Arg. of periapsis

347.6929°

True anomaly

12.431°

Mean anomaly

12.4091°

Eccentric anomaly

12.42005°

Mean motion

3.81985 °/min

BSTAR

0.00035927

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.
6 mins	2025-05-04 08:15:53.335Z	159.098° S	2025-05-04 08:18:53.335Z	112.787° SE	42.284°	2025-05-04 08:21:53.335Z	354.403° N
5 mins	2025-05-04 21:17:53.335Z	9.988° NNE	2025-05-04 21:19:53.335Z	339.179° N	44.587°	2025-05-04 21:22:53.335Z	195.469° SSW

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