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HITCH HIKER 1, 614 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HITCH HIKER 1, 614 was an American payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Thu, 27 Jun 1963 UTC via a THOR SLV-2A AGENA D 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

614, 1963-025B

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

9 months ago

Origin

National Reconnaissance Office (US)

Manufacturer

LMSC

Mission

Decayed Civil Science

Bus & Motor

P-11, P-11 MOTOR

Mass

126 kg wet, 95 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1963-06-27 (62 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR SLV-2A AGENA D

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.9 m

Radar Cross Section

0.675 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 9 months ago

0 HITCH HIKER 1
1   614U 63025B   24224.44464499  .02601302 -11065-5  61857-3 0  9998
2   614  81.9161 358.3908 0048667 257.0684 102.5168 16.26051566823406

Epoch: 2024-08-11T10:40Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-08-11T10:40:17.327Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-122.07166°

Altitude

213.475 km

Speed

7.774 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 53m 33s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

232.044 km

Perigee altitude

168.016 km

Semi-major axis

6,578.167 km

Eccentricity

0.0048667

Inclination

81.9161°

RAAN

358.3908°

Arg. of periapsis

257.0684°

True anomaly

103.0605°

Mean anomaly

102.5168°

Eccentric anomaly

102.78872°

Mean motion

4.06805 °/min

BSTAR

0.00061857

Orbital period

88.49 mins

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HITCH HIKER 1 Visibility forecast

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