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

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

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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TLE from 1 day ago

0 APEX ARIES 1
1 59129U 24043AH  25223.94637678  .00016741  00000-0  44510-3 0  9999
2 59129  97.5162 356.8733 0007364 231.8710 128.1872 15.38290289 80111

Epoch: 2025-08-11T22:42Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-11T22:42:46.953Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

55.53158°

Altitude

457.389 km

Speed

7.636 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 47m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-54.68724°

Longitude

67.32849°

Altitude

471.183 km

Speed

7.63 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 10m 27s

Apparent Declination

-49° 25' 28"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:27:13

Azimuth

131.384° SE

Elevation

-73.444°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

453.138 km

Perigee altitude

443.084 km

Semi-major axis

6,826.248 km

Eccentricity

0.00074

Inclination

97.5162°

RAAN

356.8733°

Arg. of periapsis

231.871°

True anomaly

128.25349°

Mean anomaly

128.1872°

Eccentric anomaly

128.22035°

Mean motion

3.84831 °/min

Orbital period

93.55 mins

BSTAR

0.0004451

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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.
6 mins	2025-08-13 09:10:47.209Z	181.119° SSW	2025-08-13 09:13:47.209Z	253.691° W	39.535°	2025-08-13 09:16:47.209Z	337.434° NNW
5 mins	2025-08-13 22:06:47.209Z	353.623° N	2025-08-13 22:08:47.209Z	298.154° NW	36.045°	2025-08-13 22:11:47.209Z	212.959° SW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions

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