WILDFIRE 6, 57763
Orbit data source: Space-Track
WILDFIRE 6, 57763 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
TYVAK/LMSSD
Mission
Operational Defense Communications
Bus & Motor
MAVERICKS, Unknown motor
Mass
~300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 1.3 m
Radar Cross Section
0.713 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago
TLE from 7 hours ago
0 WILDFIRE 6
1 57763U 23133G 25346.98288070 .00000139 00000-0 11300-3 0 9993
2 57763 80.9939 185.9597 0005961 155.7668 204.3770 13.85298964115231Epoch: 2025-12-12T23:35Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-12T23:35:20.892Z)
Latitude
0°
Longitude
110.20597°
Altitude
951.987 km
Speed
7.374 km/s
True Right ascension
12h 23m 50s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
05:22:27
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
946.735 km
Perigee altitude
938.008 km
Semi-major axis
7,320.508 km
Eccentricity
0.0006
Inclination
80.9939°
RAAN
185.9597°
Arg. of periapsis
155.7668°
True anomaly
204.34883°
Mean anomaly
204.377°
Eccentric anomaly
204.36291°
Mean motion
3.46522 °/min
Orbital period
103.89 mins
BSTAR
0.000113
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Other satellites on launch #133 in the year 2023 (2023-09-02 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.WILDFIRE 6 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. |
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| 10 mins | 2025-12-13 13:34:03.562Z | 155.028° SSE | 2025-12-13 13:39:03.562Z | 86.735° E | 32.402° | 2025-12-13 13:44:03.562Z | 26.525° NE |
| 9 mins | 2025-12-13 15:20:03.562Z | 238.809° WSW | 2025-12-13 15:24:03.562Z | 291.77° WNW | 25.897° | 2025-12-13 15:29:03.562Z | 347.944° N |
| 9 mins | 2025-12-14 00:27:03.562Z | 14.479° NNE | 2025-12-14 00:31:03.562Z | 72.451° E | 31.488° | 2025-12-14 00:36:03.562Z | 137.85° SSE |
| 8 mins | 2025-12-14 02:12:03.562Z | 320.926° NNW | 2025-12-14 02:16:03.562Z | 267.948° W | 26.343° | 2025-12-14 02:20:03.562Z | 218.229° SW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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