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NUSAT-50 (NANCY ROMAN), 60493

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NUSAT-50 (NANCY ROMAN), 60493 is a payload satellite owned by URUGUS S.A. (AR) 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

60493, 2024-149AB

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

Satellogic Inc (Unknown / ARGN)

Manufacturer

URUGUS S.A.

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

NEWSAT V, Unknown motor

Mass

41.5 kg wet, 38.5 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-08-16 (1 year ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.4 m

Radar Cross Section

0.542 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 NUSAT-50 (NANCY ROMAN)
1 60493U 24149AB  25236.74452939  .00008747  00000-0  30918-3 0  9993
2 60493  97.4063 314.6434 0003239 225.2269 134.8708 15.29420558 56804

Epoch: 2025-08-24T17:52Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-24T17:52:07.339Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

73.35228°

Altitude

482.214 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 58m 34s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

19:43:07

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

476.716 km

Perigee altitude

472.277 km

Semi-major axis

6,852.634 km

Eccentricity

0.00032

Inclination

97.4063°

RAAN

314.6434°

Arg. of periapsis

225.2269°

True anomaly

134.8971°

Mean anomaly

134.8708°

Eccentric anomaly

134.88395°

Mean motion

3.82611 °/min

Orbital period

94.09 mins

BSTAR

0.00030918

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NUSAT-50 (NANCY ROMAN) 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.
5 mins	2025-08-25 04:59:48.357Z	144.742° SSE	2025-08-25 05:02:48.357Z	49.127° ENE	35.192°	2025-08-25 05:04:48.357Z	5.317° NNE
5 mins	2025-08-25 17:59:48.357Z	22.259° NNE	2025-08-25 18:01:48.357Z	82.403° E	42.321°	2025-08-25 18:04:48.357Z	182.751° SSW