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DUMMY SAT 3/ORION, 59479

Orbit data source: Space-Track

DUMMY SAT 3/ORION, 59479 is a payload satellite owned by Khrunichev (CIS) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 11 Apr 2024 UTC via an ANGARA A5/ORION launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome (VOSTO). 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

59479, 2024-069A

Orbit

GEO

Country

CIS

Related business

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (RU)

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Mission

Operational Civil Technology

Bus & Motor

GVM, Unknown motor

Mass

~20,000 kg wet, 2,400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-04-11 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ANGARA A5/ORION

Launch site

Vostochny Cosmodrome (VOSTO)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 5.5 m

Radar Cross Section

37.632 m²

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 DUMMY SAT 3/ORION
1 59479U 24069A   26079.18791330 -.00000090  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 59479   1.8938  82.4373 0050942 132.6229 228.6258  0.98608071  6937

Epoch: 2026-03-20T04:30Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-20T04:30:35.709Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-162.12412°

Altitude

36,402.633 km

Speed

3.047 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 33m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

23:58:53

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,477.807 km

Perigee altitude

36,043.387 km

Semi-major axis

42,638.734 km

Eccentricity

0.00509

Inclination

1.8938°

RAAN

82.4373°

Arg. of periapsis

132.6229°

True anomaly

228.18959°

Mean anomaly

228.6258°

Eccentric anomaly

228.40751°

Mean motion

0.24651 °/min

Orbital period

1,460.38 mins

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Other satellites on launch #69 in the year 2024 (2024-04-11 UTC)

OBJECT D, 59509 (Decayed)

OBJECT C, 59482 (Decayed)

OBJECT B, 59480 (Decayed)

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DUMMY SAT 3/ORION 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.
1325 mins	2026-03-20 19:06:03.219Z	248.537° W	2026-03-20 19:06:03.219Z	248.537° W	13.291°	2026-03-21 17:11:03.219Z	253.454° W

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DUMMY SAT 3/ORION, 59479

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