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LIME, 62648

Orbit data source: Space-Track

LIME, 62648 is an American 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

62648, 2025-009AR

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

NOVI LLC (US)

Manufacturer

NOVI

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

~4 kg wet, ~4 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, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 LIME
1 62648U 25009AR  26034.16675326  .00013796  00000-0  51125-3 0  9996
2 62648  97.4051 117.1317 0003171 101.7374 258.4221 15.27743630 58487

Epoch: 2026-02-03T04:00Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-03T04:00:07.481Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-76.25105°

Altitude

486.097 km

Speed

7.622 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 48m 31s

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

18:04:25

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

481.689 km

Perigee altitude

477.34 km

Semi-major axis

6,857.652 km

Eccentricity

0.00032

Inclination

97.4051°

RAAN

117.1317°

Arg. of periapsis

101.7374°

True anomaly

258.38651°

Mean anomaly

258.4221°

Eccentric anomaly

258.4043°

Mean motion

3.82191 °/min

Orbital period

94.19 mins

BSTAR

0.00051125

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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	2026-02-03 18:43:29.811Z	341.35° N	2026-02-03 18:45:29.811Z	273.178° WNW	32.057°	2026-02-03 18:48:29.811Z	216.681° SW
5 mins	2026-02-04 05:17:29.811Z	152.777° SSE	2026-02-04 05:19:29.811Z	108.834° ESE	40.415°	2026-02-04 05:22:29.811Z	357.452° N

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LIME, 62648

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-03T04:00:07.481Z)

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