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MIDAS 7/ERS 10, 622

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MIDAS 7/ERS 10, 622 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SSD (US) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 19 Jul 1963 UTC via an ATLAS AGENA B 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

622, 1963-030A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

LMSC

Mission

Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

MIDAS, Unknown motor

Mass

~1,540 kg wet, ~840 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1963-07-19 (62 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS AGENA B

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + Cone, 8.99 m

Radar Cross Section

11.475 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 MIDAS 7/ERS 10
1 00622U 63030A   25133.66305500  .00000002  00000-0 -29347-3 0  9992
2 00622  88.4181 233.2542 0032701  99.1162 261.3390  8.57932249425514

Epoch: 2025-05-13T15:54Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-13T15:54:47.951Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

122.89584°

Altitude

3,708.478 km

Speed

6.285 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 33m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-53.06268°

Longitude

120.7612°

Altitude

3,750.528 km

Speed

6.265 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 09m 48s

Apparent Declination

-79° 22' 25"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:46:14

Azimuth

192.212° SSW

Elevation

-35.466°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

3,732.008 km

Perigee altitude

3,666.101 km

Semi-major axis

10,077.192 km

Eccentricity

0.0032701

Inclination

88.4181°

RAAN

233.2542°

Arg. of periapsis

99.1162°

True anomaly

260.96878°

Mean anomaly

261.339°

Eccentric anomaly

261.15387°

Mean motion

2.14553 °/min

BSTAR

-0.00029347

Orbital period

167.79 mins

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Other satellites on launch #30 in the year 1963 (1963-07-19 UTC)

ERS 9, 635

ATLAS AGENA B DEB, 630

DASH 2, 624 (Decayed)

ATLAS AGENA B DEB, 631

ATLAS AGENA B DEB, 3121

ATLAS AGENA B DEB, 3132

DASH 2 DEB *, 20153

MIDAS 7/ERS 10 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
34 mins	2025-05-14 08:45:23.269Z	221.092° SW	2025-05-14 09:02:23.269Z	288.728° WNW	32.467°	2025-05-14 09:19:23.269Z	353.583° N
13 mins	2025-05-14 15:10:23.269Z	29.461° NE	2025-05-14 15:16:23.269Z	49.776° ENE	12.898°	2025-05-14 15:23:23.269Z	73.295° E
36 mins	2025-05-14 17:53:23.269Z	3.495° NNE	2025-05-14 18:10:23.269Z	79.239° E	42.499°	2025-05-14 18:29:23.269Z	167.285° S
29 mins	2025-05-14 20:42:23.269Z	347.643° N	2025-05-14 20:56:23.269Z	293.132° NW	30.846°	2025-05-14 21:11:23.269Z	235.995° WSW
27 mins	2025-05-15 04:26:23.269Z	110.197° ESE	2025-05-15 04:39:23.269Z	62.571° ENE	25.675°	2025-05-15 04:53:23.269Z	12.292° NNE
36 mins	2025-05-15 07:06:23.269Z	182.489° SSW	2025-05-15 07:24:23.269Z	285.938° WNW	44.552°	2025-05-15 07:42:23.269Z	359.426° N

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