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OTTER, 62623

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OTTER, 62623 is a payload satellite owned by USN PGS (US) 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

62623, 2025-009Q

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

United States Navy (US)

Manufacturer

USN PGS

Mission

Operational Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-01-14 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.080 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 OTTER
1 62623U 25009Q   26238.22925750  .00008189  00000-0  27545-3 0  9990
2 62623  97.4002 320.1673 0005972  70.6980 289.4906 15.31043988 89634

Epoch: 2026-08-26T05:30Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-08-26T05:30:07.847Z)

Latitude

-0.00011°

Longitude

-96.85063°

Altitude

474.439 km

Speed

7.629 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 20m 40s

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

04:37:49

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

473.737 km

Perigee altitude

465.558 km

Semi-major axis

6,847.784 km

Eccentricity

0.0006

Inclination

97.4002°

RAAN

320.1673°

Arg. of periapsis

70.698°

True anomaly

289.42607°

Mean anomaly

289.4906°

Eccentric anomaly

289.45834°

Mean motion

3.83017 °/min

Orbital period

93.99 mins

BSTAR

0.00027545

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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	2026-08-26 18:36:04.592Z	4.362° NNE	2026-08-26 18:39:04.592Z	311.728° NW	40.448°	2026-08-26 18:42:04.592Z	205.958° SW
4 mins	2026-08-27 05:11:04.592Z	125.102° SE	2026-08-27 05:13:04.592Z	54.872° ENE	30.492°	2026-08-27 05:15:04.592Z	10.825° NNE

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OTTER, 62623

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-08-26T05:30:07.847Z)

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