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WILDFIRE 4, 57756

Orbit data source: Space-Track

WILDFIRE 4, 57756 is a payload satellite owned by SDA (US) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 02 Sep 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

57756, 2023-133A

Orbit

LEO

Country

Related business

Space Development Agency (US)

Manufacturer

TYVAK/LMSSD

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

MAVERICKS, Unknown motor

Mass

~300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-09-02 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.713 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 9 hours ago

TLE from 9 hours ago

0 WILDFIRE 4
1 57756U 23133A   25347.01052739  .00000137  00000-0  10840-3 0  9997
2 57756  81.0007 185.1412 0010277 136.3674 223.8297 13.86322361115327

Epoch: 2025-12-13T00:15Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-13T00:15:09.566Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

99.4074°

Altitude

949.838 km

Speed

7.374 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 20m 33s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

07:35:03

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

946.285 km

Perigee altitude

931.245 km

Semi-major axis

7,316.902 km

Eccentricity

0.00103

Inclination

81.0007°

RAAN

185.1412°

Arg. of periapsis

136.3674°

True anomaly

223.74822°

Mean anomaly

223.8297°

Eccentric anomaly

223.78895°

Mean motion

3.46779 °/min

Orbital period

103.81 mins

BSTAR

0.0001084

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WILDFIRE 4 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.
11 mins	2025-12-13 14:13:17.986Z	187.251° SSW	2025-12-13 14:18:17.986Z	51.769° ENE	44.986°	2025-12-13 14:24:17.986Z	10.004° NNE
11 mins	2025-12-14 01:05:17.986Z	352.454° N	2025-12-14 01:10:17.986Z	75.33° E	44.811°	2025-12-14 01:16:17.986Z	169.255° S

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WILDFIRE 4, 57756

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-13T00:15:09.566Z)

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