POLARIS DAWN, 61042 (Decayed)
Orbit data source: Space-Track
POLARIS DAWN, 61042 was a payload satellite owned by SpaceX (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 10 Sep 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
SpaceX
Mission
Decayed Commercial Spaceship
Bus & Motor
DRAGON CM, Unknown motor
Mass
~13,000 kg wet, ~9,500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Trunc Cone + Cyl + 4 Fin, 2.5 m
Radar Cross Section
21.677 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 year ago
TLE from 1 year ago
0 POLARIS DAWN
1 61042U 24161A 24258.80224095 .00515806 11082-4 43826-3 0 9995
2 61042 51.6521 5.1737 0197386 64.5271 297.6008 15.83847020 670Epoch: 2024-09-14T19:15Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2024-09-14T19:15:13.618Z)
Latitude
0.00001°
Longitude
82.11223°
Altitude
261.154 km
Speed
7.786 km/s
True Right ascension
00h 20m 41s
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
02:28:21
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
452.3 km
Perigee altitude
187.873 km
Semi-major axis
6,698.224 km
Eccentricity
0.01974
Inclination
51.6521°
RAAN
5.1737°
Arg. of periapsis
64.5271°
True anomaly
295.57359°
Mean anomaly
297.6008°
Eccentric anomaly
296.58947°
Mean motion
3.95917 °/min
Orbital period
90.93 mins
BSTAR
0.00043826
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Other satellites on launch #161 in the year 2024 (2024-09-10 UTC)
POLARIS DAWN Visibility
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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