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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

12 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, 4.5 m

Radar Cross Section

1.240 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 MESON-1
1 59131U 24043AK  25182.25415035  .00004270  00000-0  16941-3 0  9992
2 59131  97.5199 311.0057 0012252  45.6660 314.5580 15.25855454 73478

Epoch: 2025-07-01T06:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-01T06:05:58.59Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-60.04067°

Altitude

485.414 km

Speed

7.626 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 44m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-46.94068°

Longitude

112.38641°

Altitude

514.828 km

Speed

7.6 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 13m 11s

Apparent Declination

-71° 28' 17"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:46:15

Azimuth

155.632° SSE

Elevation

-44.319°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

493.59 km

Perigee altitude

476.772 km

Semi-major axis

6,863.318 km

Eccentricity

0.00123

Inclination

97.5199°

RAAN

311.0057°

Arg. of periapsis

45.666°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

314.558°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.81717 °/min

Orbital period

94.31 mins

BSTAR

0.00016941

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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.
5 mins	2025-07-01 20:50:33.275Z	47.311° ENE	2025-07-01 20:52:33.275Z	90.78° ESE	23.594°	2025-07-01 20:55:33.275Z	152.739° SSE
6 mins	2025-07-02 08:58:33.275Z	187.979° SSW	2025-07-02 09:01:33.275Z	254.143° W	35.078°	2025-07-02 09:04:33.275Z	331.933° NNW

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