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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

18 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 18 hours ago

0 MESON-1
1 59131U 24043AK  25228.80874442  .00004716  00000-0  18439-3 0  9994
2 59131  97.5244 357.8468 0010103 231.1444 128.8893 15.26310319 80577

Epoch: 2025-08-16T19:24Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-16T19:24:35.517Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

101.26017°

Altitude

494.309 km

Speed

7.615 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 51m 23s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

77.3803°

Longitude

-42.07107°

Altitude

504.234 km

Speed

7.617 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 31m 20s

Apparent Declination

22° 35' 01"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

03:53:32

Azimuth

5.77° NNE

Elevation

-27.286°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

490.749 km

Perigee altitude

476.884 km

Semi-major axis

6,861.953 km

Eccentricity

0.00101

Inclination

97.5244°

RAAN

357.8468°

Arg. of periapsis

231.1444°

True anomaly

128.97934°

Mean anomaly

128.8893°

Eccentric anomaly

128.93433°

Mean motion

3.81831 °/min

Orbital period

94.28 mins

BSTAR

0.00018439

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MESON-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	2025-08-17 21:09:21.071Z	32.465° NE	2025-08-17 21:12:21.071Z	118.127° SE	32.326°	2025-08-17 21:14:21.071Z	163.621° S
4 mins	2025-08-18 09:19:21.071Z	228.111° WSW	2025-08-18 09:20:21.071Z	255.789° W	25.55°	2025-08-18 09:23:21.071Z	321.202° NNW