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CATSAT, 60246

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CATSAT, 60246 is a payload satellite owned by U. Arizona (US) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 04 Jul 2024 UTC via an FIREFLY ALPHA launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

60246, 2024-125J

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

University of Arizona-Tucson (US)

Manufacturer

U. Arizona

Mission

Operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

12 kg wet, ~12 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-07-04 (10 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FIREFLY ALPHA

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Medium (>0.1 m² and <1 m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 CATSAT
1 60246U 24125J   25128.57964416  .00010387  00000-0  35392-3 0  9996
2 60246  97.2627 340.1450 0042598 206.0336 153.8763 15.29680480 45092

Epoch: 2025-05-08T13:54Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T13:54:41.255Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-95.175°

Altitude

506.122 km

Speed

7.596 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 40m 34s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-77.18816°

Longitude

51.57662°

Altitude

487.795 km

Speed

7.629 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 31m 30s

Apparent Declination

-66° 27' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:18:51

Azimuth

195.154° SSW

Elevation

-61.563°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

502.901 km

Perigee altitude

444.526 km

Semi-major axis

6,851.85 km

Eccentricity

0.0042598

Inclination

97.2627°

RAAN

340.145°

Arg. of periapsis

206.0336°

True anomaly

154.09021°

Mean anomaly

153.8763°

Eccentric anomaly

153.98336°

Mean motion

3.82676 °/min

BSTAR

0.00035392

Orbital period

94.07 mins

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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.
5 mins	2025-05-09 13:36:14.106Z	130.342° SE	2025-05-09 13:38:14.106Z	88.317° E	28.238°	2025-05-09 13:41:14.106Z	13.562° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-10 02:36:14.106Z	37.206° NE	2025-05-10 02:38:14.106Z	106.403° ESE	34.431°	2025-05-10 02:41:14.106Z	171.706° S

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