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GESAT GEN 1, 62612

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GESAT GEN 1, 62612 is a French payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Tue, 14 Jan 2025 UTC via an FALCON 9 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

62612, 2025-009D

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Absolut Sensing (FR)

Manufacturer

NanoAvionics

Mission

Operational Commercial Earth Obs Sci

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 16U MP42, Unknown motor

Mass

30 kg wet, 30 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-01-14 (1 year ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.146 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 16 hours ago

TLE from 16 hours ago

0 GESAT GEN 1
1 62612U 25009D   26034.50833063  .00010634  00000-0  41463-3 0  9991
2 62612  97.4122 117.5168 0001743  80.0644 280.0791 15.26124877 58519

Epoch: 2026-02-03T12:11Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-03T12:11:59.766Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

160.82952°

Altitude

490.299 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 50m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

05:39:49

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

485.564 km

Perigee altitude

483.172 km

Semi-major axis

6,862.505 km

Eccentricity

0.00017

Inclination

97.4122°

RAAN

117.5168°

Arg. of periapsis

80.0644°

True anomaly

280.05943°

Mean anomaly

280.0791°

Eccentric anomaly

280.06927°

Mean motion

3.81785 °/min

Orbital period

94.29 mins

BSTAR

0.00041463

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Other satellites on launch #9 in the year 2025 (2025-01-14 UTC)

PIONEER-02, 62662 (Decayed)

OBJECT DP, 63004 (Decayed)

HYPE, 62687 (Decayed)

HYDRA-T, 62692

OBJECT F, 62614

NUSAT-45 (UZMASAT-1), 62640

AE1C, 62649

IMPULSE-2 MIRA, 62673

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GESAT GEN 1 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.
6 mins	2026-02-04 05:37:59.592Z	177.934° S	2026-02-04 05:40:59.592Z	256.317° W	42.065°	2026-02-04 05:43:59.592Z	340.203° N
5 mins	2026-02-04 18:39:59.592Z	350.697° N	2026-02-04 18:41:59.592Z	298.869° NW	34.501°	2026-02-04 18:44:59.592Z	216.889° SW

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GESAT GEN 1, 62612

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 16 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-03T12:11:59.766Z)

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Other satellites on launch #9 in the year 2025 (2025-01-14 UTC)

GESAT GEN 1 Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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