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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

Country

Related business

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 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.650 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 LYNK TOWER 6
1 59123U 24043AB  26106.63251154  .00005564  00000-0  19191-3 0  9999
2 59123  97.5499 242.5223 0011817 103.3647 256.8911 15.30347804117610

Epoch: 2026-04-16T15:10Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-16T15:10:48.997Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

170.04089°

Altitude

479.72 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 10m 05s

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

08:08:31

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

479.827 km

Perigee altitude

463.638 km

Semi-major axis

6,849.869 km

Eccentricity

0.00118

Inclination

97.5499°

RAAN

242.5223°

Arg. of periapsis

103.3647°

True anomaly

256.75926°

Mean anomaly

256.8911°

Eccentric anomaly

256.82518°

Mean motion

3.82842 °/min

Orbital period

94.03 mins

BSTAR

0.00019191

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LYNK TOWER 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.
5 mins	2026-04-17 08:35:12.032Z	130.62° SE	2026-04-17 08:37:12.032Z	81.806° E	29.269°	2026-04-17 08:40:12.032Z	9.455° NNE
5 mins	2026-04-17 21:34:12.032Z	33.392° NE	2026-04-17 21:36:12.032Z	87.005° E	34.515°	2026-04-17 21:39:12.032Z	169.997° S

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LYNK TOWER 6, 59123

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-16T15:10:48.997Z)

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