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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

Country

Related business

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, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.583 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 ORBITER SN3
1 56960U 23084AE  25242.30376691  .00010915  00000-0  39595-3 0  9993
2 56960  97.5898  10.4036 0007950 284.3739  75.6617 15.28489343122964

Epoch: 2025-08-30T07:17Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-30T07:17:25.461Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-77.69247°

Altitude

482.078 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 41m 36s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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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

08:56:28

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

482.74 km

Perigee altitude

471.84 km

Semi-major axis

6,855.427 km

Eccentricity

0.0008

Inclination

97.5898°

RAAN

10.4036°

Arg. of periapsis

284.3739°

True anomaly

75.74998°

Mean anomaly

75.6617°

Eccentric anomaly

75.70584°

Mean motion

3.82377 °/min

Orbital period

94.15 mins

BSTAR

0.00039595

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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	2025-08-30 22:00:19.873Z	337.794° N	2025-08-30 22:02:19.873Z	276.424° WNW	29.261°	2025-08-30 22:04:19.873Z	229.508° WSW
5 mins	2025-08-31 08:34:19.873Z	158.709° S	2025-08-31 08:36:19.873Z	79.459° E	44.115°	2025-08-31 08:39:19.873Z	351.92° N