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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

61042, 2024-161A

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

10 months ago

Origin

SpaceX (US)

Manufacturer

SpaceX

Mission

Decayed Commercial Spaceship

Bus & Motor

DRAGON CM, Unknown motor

Mass

~13,000 kg wet, ~9,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-09-10 (10 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Trunc Cone + Cyl + 4 Fin, 4.9 m

Radar Cross Section

21.677 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 months 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   670

Epoch: 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

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

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

Unknown

Mean anomaly

297.6008°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.95917 °/min

Orbital period

90.93 mins

BSTAR

0.00043826

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