APEX ARIES 1, 59129

Orbit data source: Space-Track

APEX ARIES 1, 59129 is a payload satellite owned by Apex (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

59129, 2024-043AH

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Apex Space (US)

Manufacturer

Apex

Mission

Operational Commercial Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

ARIES, Unknown motor

Mass

200 kg wet, 200 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 Pan, 1.6 m

Radar Cross Section

0.825 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 14 hours ago

TLE from 14 hours ago

0 APEX ARIES 1
1 59129U 24043AH  25241.89683470  .00021846  00000-0  56866-3 0  9993
2 59129  97.5182  15.2674 0008613 167.3133 192.8330 15.38875379 82874

Epoch: 2025-08-29T21:31Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-29T21:31:26.518Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

74.06801°

Altitude

458.282 km

Speed

7.634 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 01m 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

02:56:20

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

452.257 km

Perigee altitude

440.501 km

Semi-major axis

6,824.516 km

Eccentricity

0.00086

Inclination

97.5182°

RAAN

15.2674°

Arg. of periapsis

167.3133°

True anomaly

192.8111°

Mean anomaly

192.833°

Eccentric anomaly

192.82205°

Mean motion

3.84978 °/min

Orbital period

93.51 mins

BSTAR

0.00056866

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APEX ARIES 1 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	2025-08-30 21:30:10.891Z	33.252° NE	2025-08-30 21:32:10.891Z	84.496° E	33.147°	2025-08-30 21:35:10.891Z	169.061° S
4 mins	2025-08-31 09:34:10.891Z	229.28° WSW	2025-08-31 09:35:10.891Z	261.602° W	26.364°	2025-08-31 09:38:10.891Z	325.333° NNW