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). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets 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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VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | HEO |
| Last TLE update | 18 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | TRW |
| Mission | Spacecraft |
| Bus & Motor | Unknown |
| Mass | ~0 kg wet, ~17 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | Unknown |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Unknown |
| Radar Cross Section | RCS unknown |
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TLE from 18 hours ago
0 VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE
1 60000U 67040G 24346.54481122 .00000034 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996
2 60000 18.4256 216.2985 7847644 327.5677 0.3786 0.51038210 4215Epoch: 2024-12-11T13:04Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-11T13:04:31.689Z)
| Latitude | -10.99838° |
| Longitude | -96.0915° |
| Altitude | 8,061.108 km |
| Speed | 7.013 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 12h 03m 06s |
| True Declination | -10° 57' 60" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 11.9417° |
| Longitude | 79.99167° |
| Altitude | 106,737.428 km |
| Speed | 1.011 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 23h 37m 19s |
| Apparent Declination | 9° 56' 28" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 05:23:28 |
| Azimuth | 275.477° WNW |
| Elevation | 8.995° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 111,672.497 km |
| Perigee altitude | 7,858.307 km |
| Semi-major axis | 66,143.539 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.7847644 |
| Inclination | 18.4256° |
| RAAN | 216.2985° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 327.5677° |
| True anomaly | 5.05945° |
| Mean anomaly | 0.3786° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 1.758° |
| Mean motion | 0.12759 °/min |
| BSTAR | Unknown |
| Orbital period | 2821.57 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #40 in the year 1967 (1967-04-28 UTC)
| OPS 6638 (VELA 7), 2765 |
| OPS 6679 (VELA 8), 2766 |
| ERS 18, 2767 |
| ERS 20 (OV5-3), 2768 |
| ERS 27 (OV5-1), 2769 |
| TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B, 2770 |
| VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE, 60000 |
VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE 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. |
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| 554 mins | 2024-12-12 21:44:03.784Z | 94.274° ESE | 2024-12-13 03:25:03.784Z | 173.7° S | 36.811° | 2024-12-13 06:58:03.784Z | 226.192° WSW |
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