WARATAH SEED-1, 60469
Orbit data source: Space-Track
WARATAH SEED-1, 60469 is a payload satellite owned by U Sydney (AU) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 16 Aug 2024 UTC via an FALCON 9 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
Orbit
Country
AU / AUSRelated business
Manufacturer
U Sydney
Mission
Operational Amateur Technology
Bus & Motor
CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor
Mass
10 kg wet, 10 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.2 m
Radar Cross Section
0.080 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago
TLE from 5 hours ago
0 WARATAH SEED-1
1 60469U 24149B 26220.20893443 .00006265 00000-0 17440-3 0 9998
2 60469 97.3665 300.8704 0002840 72.7571 287.3984 15.37174622110100Epoch: 2026-08-08T05:00Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-08-08T05:00:51.934Z)
Latitude
-0.00006°
Longitude
-91.06955°
Altitude
457.004 km
Speed
7.639 km/s
True Right ascension
20h 03m 28s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
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
23:49:48
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
453.35 km
Perigee altitude
449.471 km
Semi-major axis
6,829.547 km
Eccentricity
0.00028
Inclination
97.3665°
RAAN
300.8704°
Arg. of periapsis
72.7571°
True anomaly
287.36734°
Mean anomaly
287.3984°
Eccentric anomaly
287.38287°
Mean motion
3.84552 °/min
Orbital period
93.62 mins
BSTAR
0.0001744
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Other satellites on launch #149 in the year 2024 (2024-08-16 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.WARATAH SEED-1 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. |
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| 5 mins | 2026-08-08 18:04:36.442Z | 24.723° NE | 2026-08-08 18:07:36.442Z | 127.032° SE | 37.517° | 2026-08-08 18:09:36.442Z | 173.707° S |
| 4 mins | 2026-08-09 06:09:36.442Z | 230.5° WSW | 2026-08-09 06:10:36.442Z | 256.814° W | 22.388° | 2026-08-09 06:13:36.442Z | 320.069° NNW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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