CYGNUS NG-21, 60378 (Decayed)
Orbit data source: Space-Track
CYGNUS NG-21, 60378 was a payload satellite owned by NGIS (US) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 04 Aug 2024 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
NGIS SSG
Mission
Decayed Commercial Spaceship
Bus & Motor
EPCM, Unknown motor
Mass
8,050 kg wet, 2,474 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cyl + 2 Pan, 5.3 m
Radar Cross Section
23.798 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 year ago
TLE from 1 year ago
0 CYGNUS NG-21
1 60378U 24139A 25088.70227920 -.00143412 00000-0 -23520-2 0 9996
2 60378 51.6312 340.7025 0003340 22.2587 73.6560 15.52265117 36855Epoch: 2025-03-29T16:51Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-03-29T16:51:16.922Z)
Latitude
51.39815°
Longitude
0.08318°
Altitude
415.44 km
Speed
7.669 km/s
True Right ascension
05h 20m 59s
True Declination
51° 13' 19"
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
07:21:15
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
412.892 km
Perigee altitude
408.357 km
Semi-major axis
6,788.761 km
Eccentricity
0.00033
Inclination
51.6312°
RAAN
340.7025°
Arg. of periapsis
22.2587°
True anomaly
73.69273°
Mean anomaly
73.656°
Eccentric anomaly
73.67437°
Mean motion
3.88023 °/min
Orbital period
92.78 mins
BSTAR
-0.002352
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Other satellites on launch #139 in the year 2024 (2024-08-04 UTC)
No other RSOs were in this launch
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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.CYGNUS NG-21 Visibility
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