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SPACEMOBILE-001, 61047

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SPACEMOBILE-001, 61047 is a payload satellite owned by AST & Science (US) in LEO that was launched on Thu, 12 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

61047, 2024-163C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

13 hours ago

Origin

AST SpaceMoblie (US)

Manufacturer

AST & Science

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

BW3, Unknown motor

Mass

1,500 kg wet, 1,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-09-12 (8 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Plate, 9 m

Radar Cross Section

1.500 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 13 hours ago

0 SPACEMOBILE-001
1 61047U 24163C   25133.89765551  .00002002  00000-0  10622-3 0  9992
2 61047  52.9722 345.3044 0010174   0.7085 359.3921 15.20142471 37002

Epoch: 2025-05-13T21:32Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-13T21:32:37.436Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

150.25859°

Altitude

499.283 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 01m 13s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

35.51561°

Longitude

-179.82693°

Altitude

503.035 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 41m 20s

Apparent Declination

0° 42' 33"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:51:23

Azimuth

60.111° ENE

Elevation

-31.73°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

512.7 km

Perigee altitude

498.692 km

Semi-major axis

6,883.833 km

Eccentricity

0.0010174

Inclination

52.9722°

RAAN

345.3044°

Arg. of periapsis

0.7085°

True anomaly

359.39086°

Mean anomaly

359.3921°

Eccentric anomaly

359.39148°

Mean motion

3.80012 °/min

BSTAR

0.00010622

Orbital period

94.73 mins

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Other satellites on launch #163 in the year 2024 (2024-09-12 UTC)

SPACEMOBILE-003, 61045

SPACEMOBILE-005, 61046

SPACEMOBILE-002, 61048

SPACEMOBILE-004, 61049

SPACEMOBILE-SSR01 DEB, 62369

SPACEMOBILE-SSR02 DEB, 62370

SPACEMOBILE-SSR03 DEB, 62371

SPACEMOBILE-SSR04 DEB, 62372

SPACEMOBILE-SSR05 DEB, 62373

SPACEMOBILE-001 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.
6 mins	2025-05-14 16:39:12.295Z	221.676° SW	2025-05-14 16:42:12.295Z	159.275° S	43.651°	2025-05-14 16:45:12.295Z	55.132° ENE
4 mins	2025-05-14 18:20:12.295Z	312.377° NW	2025-05-14 18:21:12.295Z	334.82° NNW	20.309°	2025-05-14 18:24:12.295Z	27.648° NE
5 mins	2025-05-14 23:18:12.295Z	320.684° NNW	2025-05-14 23:20:12.295Z	51.257° ENE	42.911°	2025-05-14 23:23:12.295Z	120.312° SE

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