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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

1 month 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 1 month 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  5133

Epoch: 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

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

10.06698°

Longitude

-151.07716°

Altitude

100,196.349 km

Speed

1.205 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 38m 48s

Apparent Declination

8° 07' 08"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

03:15:51

Azimuth

251.894° W

Elevation

32.285°

Doppler factor

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

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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.
126 mins	2025-07-19 14:25:46.912Z	251.888° W	2025-07-19 14:25:46.912Z	251.888° W	28.106°	2025-07-19 16:31:46.912Z	270.654° WNW
395 mins	2025-07-20 07:50:46.912Z	99.583° ESE	2025-07-20 13:12:46.912Z	173.58° S	35.092°	2025-07-20 14:25:46.912Z	194.894° SSW

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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Check out VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE, 60000 on other resources

View VELA 7/8 INTERSTAGE, 60000 on NASA - NSSDCA Website

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