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PELICAN 3001, 58296

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PELICAN 3001, 58296 is a payload satellite owned by Planet (US) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 11 Nov 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

58296, 2023-174AS

Orbit

SSO

Country

US

Related business

Planet Labs PBC (US)

Manufacturer

Planet

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

PELICAN, XE AOCS

Mass

160 kg wet, 146 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-11-11 (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, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

1.955 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 19 hours ago

TLE from 19 hours ago

0 PELICAN 3001
1 58296U 23174AS  25288.49647830  .00047552  00000-0  86865-3 0  9992
2 58296  97.4161  13.0203 0009368 102.7938 257.4361 15.49211131107997

Epoch: 2025-10-15T11:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-15T11:54:55.725Z)

Latitude

0.00007°

Longitude

170.01839°

Altitude

423.553 km

Speed

7.656 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 52m 04s

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

01:34:40

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

422.325 km

Perigee altitude

409.595 km

Semi-major axis

6,794.097 km

Eccentricity

0.00094

Inclination

97.4161°

RAAN

13.0203°

Arg. of periapsis

102.7938°

True anomaly

257.33135°

Mean anomaly

257.4361°

Eccentric anomaly

257.38372°

Mean motion

3.87566 °/min

Orbital period

92.89 mins

BSTAR

0.00086865

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Other satellites on launch #174 in the year 2023 (2023-11-11 UTC)

LEMUR 2 BASS, 58259

PICO-01G005, 58330 (Decayed)

PROTOMETHEE, 58321

CONNECTA T3.1, 58256

FLOCK 4Q 23, 58307

FLOCK 4Q 29, 58304

FLOCK 4Q 25, 58303

FLOCK 4Q 21, 58329

FLOCK 4Q 9, 58322

FLOCK 4Q 2, 58320

FLOCK 4Q 15, 58319

FLOCK 4Q 7, 58318

FLOCK 4Q 34, 58316

FLOCK 4Q 20, 58313

FLOCK 4Q 22, 58306

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PELICAN 3001 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	2025-10-17 05:54:57.000Z	178.595° S	2025-10-17 05:55:57.000Z	198.025° SSW	40.389°	2025-10-17 05:58:57.000Z	342.784° N

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Check out PELICAN 3001, 58296 on other resources

View PELICAN 3001, 58296 on NASA - NSSDCA Website

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