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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

60000, 1967-040G

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

3 months ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

TRW

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~0 kg wet, ~17 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1967-04-28 (58 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

RCS unknown

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TLE from 3 months ago

0 VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE
1 60000U 67040G   25027.56373479 -.00000231  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 60000  18.5773 214.5343 7830741 330.5019 359.8627  0.51051219  4459

Epoch: 2025-01-27T13:31Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-01-27T13:31:46.685Z)

Latitude

-6.84397°

Longitude

-136.28468°

Altitude

8,201.426 km

Speed

6.975 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 54m 58s

True Declination

-6° 49' 27"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-7.75777°

Longitude

83.99563°

Altitude

48,397.348 km

Speed

2.92 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 30m 26s

Apparent Declination

-10° 59' 48"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:27:01

Azimuth

329.74° NNW

Elevation

-57.851°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

111,540.604 km

Perigee altitude

7,967.666 km

Semi-major axis

66,132.272 km

Eccentricity

0.7830741

Inclination

18.5773°

RAAN

214.5343°

Arg. of periapsis

330.5019°

True anomaly

358.18564°

Mean anomaly

359.8627°

Eccentric anomaly

359.36711°

Mean motion

0.12762 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

2820.85 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 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.
540 mins	2025-05-09 11:16:12.761Z	252.602° W	2025-05-09 13:30:12.761Z	223.669° SW	40.498°	2025-05-09 20:16:12.761Z	276.569° WNW

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