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LYNK TOWER 6, 59123

Orbit data source: Space-Track

LYNK TOWER 6, 59123 is a payload satellite owned by Lynk (US) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 04 Mar 2024 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

59123, 2024-043AB

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

Lynk Global, Inc (US)

Manufacturer

Lynk

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LYNK SHANNON, Unknown motor

Mass

~85 kg wet, ~85 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-03-04 (1 year ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.650 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 LYNK TOWER 6
1 59123U 24043AB  25123.23670585  .00009249  00000-0  37704-3 0  9990
2 59123  97.5079 251.0510 0010198 248.1588 111.8565 15.24631814 64448

Epoch: 2025-05-03T05:40Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T05:40:51.385Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-55.54496°

Altitude

497.6 km

Speed

7.614 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 44m 12s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-66.31782°

Longitude

-37.64358°

Altitude

512.196 km

Speed

7.609 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 13m 01s

Apparent Declination

-57° 16' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:46:18

Azimuth

211.732° SW

Elevation

-67.688°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

495.858 km

Perigee altitude

481.852 km

Semi-major axis

6,866.992 km

Eccentricity

0.0010198

Inclination

97.5079°

RAAN

251.051°

Arg. of periapsis

248.1588°

True anomaly

111.96491°

Mean anomaly

111.8565°

Eccentric anomaly

111.91071°

Mean motion

3.81411 °/min

BSTAR

0.00037704

Orbital period

94.39 mins

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LYNK TOWER 6 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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	2025-05-03 20:26:14.401Z	53.708° ENE	2025-05-03 20:28:14.401Z	87.7° E	15.681°	2025-05-03 20:30:14.401Z	125.695° SE
4 mins	2025-05-03 22:00:14.401Z	334.596° NNW	2025-05-03 22:02:14.401Z	285.194° WNW	24.907°	2025-05-03 22:04:14.401Z	239.581° WSW
5 mins	2025-05-04 08:36:14.401Z	174.103° S	2025-05-04 08:38:14.401Z	303.676° NW	44.024°	2025-05-04 08:41:14.401Z	345.044° N

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