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PELICAN 3009, 62631

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PELICAN 3009, 62631 is a payload satellite owned by Planet (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

62631, 2025-009Y

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Planet Labs PBC (US)

Manufacturer

Planet

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

PELICAN, XE AOCS

Mass

160 kg wet, 146 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, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

1.955 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 14 hours ago

TLE from 14 hours ago

0 PELICAN 3009
1 62631U 25009Y   26037.80285008  .00084537  00000-0  20820-2 0  9994
2 62631  97.4062 127.7277 0002995 291.2240  68.8686 15.40265690 59482

Epoch: 2026-02-06T19:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-06T19:16:06.246Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

61.76619°

Altitude

447.706 km

Speed

7.644 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 30m 54s

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

11:16:56

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

444.306 km

Perigee altitude

440.221 km

Semi-major axis

6,820.4 km

Eccentricity

0.0003

Inclination

97.4062°

RAAN

127.7277°

Arg. of periapsis

291.224°

True anomaly

68.90062°

Mean anomaly

68.8686°

Eccentric anomaly

68.88461°

Mean motion

3.85326 °/min

Orbital period

93.43 mins

BSTAR

0.002082

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

IRIS-F3, 62619

ICEYE-X44, 62707

INNOCUBE (TUSAT-31), 62616

LEMUR 2 ARIANNA, 62699

SKYBEE-A01, 62671

FOSSASAT2E19 (TAT-E), 62676

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PELICAN 3009 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.
4 mins	2026-02-07 19:13:24.042Z	341.715° N	2026-02-07 19:15:24.042Z	279.538° WNW	29.922°	2026-02-07 19:17:24.042Z	227.494° WSW
4 mins	2026-02-08 05:43:24.042Z	136.88° SSE	2026-02-08 05:44:24.042Z	97.36° ESE	38.174°	2026-02-08 05:47:24.042Z	359.781° N

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PELICAN 3009, 62631

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-06T19:16:06.246Z)

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Orbital elements

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

PELICAN 3009 Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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