VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE, 60000
Orbit data source: Space-Track
VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE, 60000 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SSD (US) in HEO that was launched on Fri, 28 Apr 1967 UTC launched from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
TRW
Mission
Spacecraft
Bus & Motor
Unknown
Mass
~0 kg wet, ~17 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Unknown
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Unknown
Radar Cross Section
RCS unknown
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 3 months ago
TLE from 3 months ago
0 VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE
1 60000U 67040G 25166.67709270 -.00000123 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998
2 60000 18.6917 209.8579 7796801 338.8120 0.8002 0.51050668 5133Epoch: 2025-06-15T16:15Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-15T16:15:00.809Z)
Latitude
-5.31466°
Longitude
46.13532°
Altitude
8,426.671 km
Speed
6.915 km/s
True Right ascension
12h 56m 20s
True Declination
-5° 17' 58"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
00:42:21
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
111,316.905 km
Perigee altitude
8,192.212 km
Semi-major axis
66,132.695 km
Eccentricity
0.77968
Inclination
18.6917°
RAAN
209.8579°
Arg. of periapsis
338.812°
True anomaly
10.27412°
Mean anomaly
0.8002°
Eccentric anomaly
3.62345°
Mean motion
0.12762 °/min
Orbital period
2,820.87 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #40 in the year 1967 (1967-04-28 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE 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. |
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| 451 mins | 2025-09-15 08:04:39.630Z | 146.569° SSE | 2025-09-15 09:37:39.630Z | 172.661° S | 33.99° | 2025-09-15 15:35:39.630Z | 229.503° WSW |
| 39 mins | 2025-09-15 17:27:39.630Z | 193.639° SSW | 2025-09-15 17:49:39.630Z | 164.352° S | 12.297° | 2025-09-15 18:06:39.630Z | 134.603° SE |
| 474 mins | 2025-09-16 00:10:39.630Z | 83.255° E | 2025-09-16 06:50:39.630Z | 177.449° S | 40.473° | 2025-09-16 08:04:39.630Z | 207.703° SW |
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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