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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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TLE from 1 day ago

0 GESAT GEN 1
1 62612U 25009D   26079.47384042  .00006396  00000-0  24385-3 0  9998
2 62612  97.4049 162.1233 0001191 120.6613 239.4744 15.27040378 65372

Epoch: 2026-03-20T11:22Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-20T11:22:19.812Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

173.53235°

Altitude

488.181 km

Speed

7.621 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 48m 29s

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

19:08:23

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

482.439 km

Perigee altitude

480.805 km

Semi-major axis

6,859.759 km

Eccentricity

0.00012

Inclination

97.4049°

RAAN

162.1233°

Arg. of periapsis

120.6613°

True anomaly

239.46264°

Mean anomaly

239.4744°

Eccentric anomaly

239.46852°

Mean motion

3.82015 °/min

Orbital period

94.24 mins

BSTAR

0.00024385

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

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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.
5 mins	2026-03-21 17:49:25.478Z	36.834° NE	2026-03-21 17:52:25.478Z	113.369° SE	28.219°	2026-03-21 17:54:25.478Z	156.843° SSE
5 mins	2026-03-22 05:58:25.478Z	207.782° SW	2026-03-22 06:00:25.478Z	265.734° W	29.968°	2026-03-22 06:03:25.478Z	328.444° NNW

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GESAT GEN 1, 62612

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 day ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-20T11:22:19.812Z)

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

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