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NUVIEW ALPHA, 62455

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NUVIEW ALPHA, 62455 is a UK payload satellite in GEO 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

62455, 2024-252B

Orbit

GEO

Country

Related business

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. (US)

Manufacturer

Astranis

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

MICROGEO, EP

Mass

400 kg wet, 400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-12-29 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 22 Pan, 5.0 m

Radar Cross Section

41.175 m²

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 NUVIEW ALPHA
1 62455U 24252B   26240.87898812 -.00000214  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 62455   0.0484 354.9379 0000406 176.2068  39.2917  1.00271601  4553

Epoch: 2026-08-28T21:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-08-28T21:05:44.573Z)

Latitude

0.01261°

Longitude

-83.09705°

Altitude

35,784.808 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 01m 44s

True Declination

0° 00' 45"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

22:18:42

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,789.429 km

Perigee altitude

35,786.005 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.854 km

Eccentricity

0.00004

Inclination

0.0484°

RAAN

354.9379°

Arg. of periapsis

176.2068°

True anomaly

39.29465°

Mean anomaly

39.2917°

Eccentric anomaly

39.29317°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.15 mins

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Other satellites on launch #252 in the year 2024 (2024-12-29 UTC)

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NUVIEW ALPHA 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.
1440 mins	2026-08-29 06:49:12.177Z	147.786° SSE	2026-08-29 17:16:12.177Z	147.758° SSE	31.941°	2026-08-30 06:49:12.177Z	147.79° SSE

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NUVIEW ALPHA, 62455

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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