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GHOST-5, 59130

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GHOST-5, 59130 is a payload satellite owned by Orbital Sidekick (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

59130, 2024-043AJ

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

Orbital Sidekick (US)

Manufacturer

Astro Digital

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

CORVUS-XL, 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 Dish, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

0.425 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 GHOST-5
1 59130U 24043AJ  25199.61285510  .00007382  00000-0  24149-3 0  9998
2 59130  97.5172 330.4484 0009040 336.8275  23.2558 15.31967423 76261

Epoch: 2025-07-18T14:42Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T14:42:30.68Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

173.15876°

Altitude

467.358 km

Speed

7.636 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 01m 47s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-35.9906°

Longitude

-11.9393°

Altitude

486.697 km

Speed

7.619 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 39m 48s

Apparent Declination

-66° 22' 45"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:16:52

Azimuth

210.878° SW

Elevation

-39.598°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

473.086 km

Perigee altitude

460.71 km

Semi-major axis

6,845.035 km

Eccentricity

0.0009

Inclination

97.5172°

RAAN

330.4484°

Arg. of periapsis

336.8275°

True anomaly

23.29674°

Mean anomaly

23.2558°

Eccentric anomaly

23.27627°

Mean motion

3.83248 °/min

Orbital period

93.93 mins

BSTAR

0.00024149

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GHOST-5 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	2025-07-19 08:06:15.160Z	114.547° SE	2025-07-19 08:08:15.160Z	69.412° E	21.569°	2025-07-19 08:10:15.160Z	25.424° NE
4 mins	2025-07-19 21:05:15.160Z	64.283° ENE	2025-07-19 21:06:15.160Z	93.792° ESE	25.593°	2025-07-19 21:09:15.160Z	157.278° SSE

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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