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MESON-1, 59131

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MESON-1, 59131 is a payload satellite owned by Atomos (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

59131, 2024-043AK

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

Atomos Space (US)

Manufacturer

Atomos

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

ATOMOS, Unknown motor

Mass

~100 kg wet, ~100 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 + 2 Pan, 2.3 m

Radar Cross Section

1.240 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 MESON-1
1 59131U 24043AK  25221.59701298  .00006163  00000-0  24064-3 0  9990
2 59131  97.5243 350.5859 0009779 259.6552 100.3584 15.26229627 79472

Epoch: 2025-08-09T14:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-09T14:19:41.921Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

177.3308°

Altitude

491.405 km

Speed

7.619 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 22m 20s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

76.49264°

Longitude

31.15927°

Altitude

506.209 km

Speed

7.614 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 49m 56s

Apparent Declination

24° 57' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:45:53

Azimuth

344.182° N

Elevation

-23.429°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

490.769 km

Perigee altitude

477.348 km

Semi-major axis

6,862.195 km

Eccentricity

0.00098

Inclination

97.5243°

RAAN

350.5859°

Arg. of periapsis

259.6552°

True anomaly

100.46861°

Mean anomaly

100.3584°

Eccentric anomaly

100.41351°

Mean motion

3.81811 °/min

Orbital period

94.29 mins

BSTAR

0.00024064

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MESON-1 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	2025-08-10 07:47:22.967Z	108.357° ESE	2025-08-10 07:49:22.967Z	72.666° E	16.821°	2025-08-10 07:51:22.967Z	33.922° NE
4 mins	2025-08-10 09:21:22.967Z	225.639° WSW	2025-08-10 09:22:22.967Z	249.579° W	23.345°	2025-08-10 09:25:22.967Z	316.933° NNW
4 mins	2025-08-10 22:22:22.967Z	322.46° NNW	2025-08-10 22:23:22.967Z	301.762° NW	18.802°	2025-08-10 22:26:22.967Z	243.47° WSW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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