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VELA 11/12 INTERSTAGE, 60002

Orbit data source: Space-Track

VELA 11/12 INTERSTAGE, 60002 is a payload satellite owned by SAMSO (US) in HEO that was launched on Wed, 08 Apr 1970 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

60002, 1970-027D

Orbit

HEO

Country

Related business

USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization (US)

Manufacturer

TRW

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~0 kg wet, ~17 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1970-04-08 (56 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 2 Ant, 14.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.100 m²

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TLE from 2 weeks ago

0 VELA 11/12 INTERSTAGE
1 60002U 70027D   26159.86688047 -.00000298  00000-0  00000+0 0  9993
2 60002  18.7333  33.0398 7962767 288.7071 359.0840  0.45904703 20944

Epoch: 2026-06-08T20:48Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-08T20:48:18.472Z)

Latitude

-18.13858°

Longitude

109.48623°

Altitude

8,311.33 km

Speed

6.976 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 15m 14s

True Declination

-18° 05' 21"

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

21:25:20

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

121,134.057 km

Perigee altitude

8,083.558 km

Semi-major axis

70,986.944 km

Eccentricity

0.79628

Inclination

18.7333°

RAAN

33.0398°

Arg. of periapsis

288.7071°

True anomaly

346.75422°

Mean anomaly

359.084°

Eccentric anomaly

355.52152°

Mean motion

0.11476 °/min

Orbital period

3,137.09 mins

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Other satellites on launch #27 in the year 1970 (1970-04-08 UTC)

OPS 7044 (VELA 12), 4366

TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B, 50000

OPS 7033 (VELA 11), 4368

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VELA 11/12 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.
771 mins	2026-06-22 15:44:20.367Z	76.7° E	2026-06-22 22:14:20.367Z	180.616° SSW	42.634°	2026-06-23 04:35:20.367Z	281.528° WNW

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VELA 11/12 INTERSTAGE, 60002

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-08T20:48:18.472Z)

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