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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

1 day 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, Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 ASTRANIS UTILITYSAT
1 62454U 24252A   25127.76469945 -.00000443  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 62454   8.7225 346.6635 7468534 205.0095  81.4989  1.01777565  1333

Epoch: 2025-05-07T18:21Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-07T18:21:10.032Z)

Latitude

-0.00019°

Longitude

-154.62785°

Altitude

50,387.259 km

Speed

2.12 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 06m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 01"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

5.95717°

Longitude

-111.72093°

Altitude

57,533.543 km

Speed

1.71 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 55m 33s

Apparent Declination

2° 08' 27"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:28:04

Azimuth

349.817° N

Elevation

-47.475°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

66,555.28 km

Perigee altitude

4,191.065 km

Semi-major axis

41,751.31 km

Eccentricity

0.7468534

Inclination

8.7225°

RAAN

346.6635°

Arg. of periapsis

205.0095°

True anomaly

154.69571°

Mean anomaly

81.4989°

Eccentric anomaly

118.94509°

Mean motion

0.25441 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1415.03 mins

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ASTRANIS UTILITYSAT 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.
454 mins	2025-05-09 13:01:25.619Z	224.952° SW	2025-05-09 15:34:25.619Z	212.242° SW	30.719°	2025-05-09 20:35:25.619Z	259.533° W

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