DECAYED

POLARIS DAWN DEB, 61073 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

POLARIS DAWN DEB, 61073 was space debris in LEO originally from a launch on Tue, 10 Sep 2024 UTC launched from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Debris objects in space refer to the collection of defunct objects orbiting the Earth. Examples of debris include non-operational satellites, rocket bodies, and fragments generated from explosions, collisions, or faulty payload assembly.

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Identifier

61073, 2024-161B

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

9 months ago

Origin

SpaceX (US)

Manufacturer

SpaceX

Mission

Decayed spacecraft

Bus & Motor

DRAGON SM, Unknown motor

Mass

Wet unknown, ~2,300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-09-10 (10 months ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 3.7 m

Radar Cross Section

16.128 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 months ago

0 POLARIS DAWN DEB
1 61073U 24161B   24273.53565471  .12108337  11959-4  86807-3 0  9991
2 61073  51.6411 286.9673 0038217 121.3262  11.7754 16.35852185  2298

Epoch: 2024-09-29T12:51Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2024-09-29T12:51:20.566Z)

Latitude

34.98988°

Longitude

-128.06386°

Altitude

154.739 km

Speed

7.833 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 54m 11s

True Declination

34° 48' 49"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

202.439 km

Perigee altitude

152.332 km

Semi-major axis

6,555.523 km

Eccentricity

0.00382

Inclination

51.6411°

RAAN

286.9673°

Arg. of periapsis

121.3262°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

11.7754°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

4.08914 °/min

Orbital period

88.04 mins

BSTAR

0.00086807

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