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COURIER 1B, 58

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COURIER 1B, 58 is a payload satellite owned by SCEL (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 04 Oct 1960 UTC via a THOR ABLESTAR launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

58, 1960-013A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

United States Army (US)

Manufacturer

SCEL/PHLP

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

COURIER, Unknown motor

Mass

225 kg wet, 225 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1960-10-04 (65 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR ABLESTAR

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Sphere, 1.3 m

Radar Cross Section

1.327 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 COURIER 1B
1 00058U 60013A   25189.82442697  .00000089  00000-0  82673-6 0  9999
2 00058  28.3286  81.9877 0164898 244.5580 113.7818 13.46412876187757

Epoch: 2025-07-08T19:47Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-08T19:47:10.49Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-141.81984°

Altitude

1,135.167 km

Speed

7.262 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 27m 57s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

7.77897°

Longitude

21.14696°

Altitude

1,070.598 km

Speed

7.326 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 33m 34s

Apparent Declination

-29° 42' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:26:47

Azimuth

245.448° WSW

Elevation

-17.356°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,212.539 km

Perigee altitude

966.263 km

Semi-major axis

7,467.538 km

Eccentricity

0.01649

Inclination

28.3286°

RAAN

81.9877°

Arg. of periapsis

244.558°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

113.7818°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.36339 °/min

Orbital period

107.03 mins

BSTAR

8.2673e-7

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THOR ABLESTAR R/B, 59

COURIER 1B 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	2025-07-09 19:06:18.938Z	177.106° S	2025-07-09 19:09:18.938Z	153.301° SSE	13.268°	2025-07-09 19:12:18.938Z	129.496° SE
10 mins	2025-07-09 20:58:18.938Z	209.697° SW	2025-07-09 21:02:18.938Z	170.104° S	25.088°	2025-07-09 21:08:18.938Z	114.286° SE
11 mins	2025-07-09 22:51:18.938Z	233.308° WSW	2025-07-09 22:56:18.938Z	179.248° S	29.631°	2025-07-09 23:02:18.938Z	121.709° SE
10 mins	2025-07-10 00:45:18.938Z	239.195° WSW	2025-07-10 00:49:18.938Z	200.756° SSW	24.138°	2025-07-10 00:55:18.938Z	144.248° SSE
4 mins	2025-07-10 02:41:18.938Z	221.376° SW	2025-07-10 02:43:18.938Z	205.067° SW	11.726°	2025-07-10 02:45:18.938Z	189.041° SSW

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