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ASTRANIS UTILITYSAT, 62454

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ASTRANIS UTILITYSAT, 62454 is a payload satellite owned by Astranis (UK) in HEO that was launched on Sun, 29 Dec 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

62454, 2024-252A

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

2 days ago

Origin

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. (UK)

Manufacturer

Astranis

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

MICROGEO, EP

Mass

400 kg wet, 400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-12-29 (4 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 22 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

41.175 m²

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TLE from 2 days ago

0 ASTRANIS UTILITYSAT
1 62454U 24252A   25117.94839364 -.00000370  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 62454   8.7175 347.2453 7468653 203.6959  84.9842  1.01778205  1256

Epoch: 2025-04-27T22:45Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-27T22:45:41.21Z)

Latitude

-0.00015°

Longitude

149.46023°

Altitude

51,591.491 km

Speed

2.05 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 08m 12s

True Declination

0° 00' 01"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

6.24113°

Longitude

-165.0239°

Altitude

54,008.646 km

Speed

1.911 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 23m 48s

Apparent Declination

2° 15' 07"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:29:11

Azimuth

56.821° ENE

Elevation

-30.253°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

66,555.472 km

Perigee altitude

4,190.524 km

Semi-major axis

41,751.135 km

Eccentricity

0.7468653

Inclination

8.7175°

RAAN

347.2453°

Arg. of periapsis

203.6959°

True anomaly

155.92107°

Mean anomaly

84.9842°

Eccentric anomaly

121.47883°

Mean motion

0.25441 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1415.02 mins

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