ILLUMA-T, 60181 (Decayed)
Orbit data source: Space-Track
ILLUMA-T, 60181 was a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in LEO that was delivered to the ISS. 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
GSFC
Mission
Decayed Civil Imaging
Bus & Motor
ORU, Unknown motor
Mass
396 kg wet, 301 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 1.0 m
Radar Cross Section
1.920 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 3 months ago
TLE from 3 months ago
0 ILLUMA-T
1 60181U 98067WR 25191.10449682 .11048739 12676-4 11614-3 0 9993
2 60181 51.5991 132.7990 0004256 258.5825 204.3879 16.50428199 59036Epoch: 2025-07-10T02:30Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-10T02:30:28.525Z)
Latitude
49.95529°
Longitude
-82.75828°
Altitude
146.316 km
Speed
7.823 km/s
True Right ascension
16h 12m 32s
True Declination
49° 46' 12"
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
04:39:14
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
141.518 km
Perigee altitude
135.971 km
Semi-major axis
6,516.882 km
Eccentricity
0.00043
Inclination
51.5991°
RAAN
132.799°
Arg. of periapsis
258.5825°
True anomaly
204.36777°
Mean anomaly
204.3879°
Eccentric anomaly
204.37784°
Mean motion
4.12556 °/min
Orbital period
87.26 mins
BSTAR
0.00011614
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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 1998 (1998-11-20 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.ILLUMA-T Visibility
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