PIONEER-02, 62662 (Decayed)
Orbit data source: Space-Track
PIONEER-02, 62662 was a payload satellite owned by Varda Space (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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
Rocket Lab
Mission
Decayed Commercial Technology
Bus & Motor
RL PIONEER, HYPERC
Mass
300 kg wet, 55 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Trunc Cone, 0.7 m
Radar Cross Section
Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 months ago
TLE from 7 months ago
0 PIONEER-02
1 62662U 25009BF 25058.58334491 .20045499 00000-0 50425+0 0 9993
2 62662 97.1579 140.4281 0375229 16.4132 256.4304 14.88973279 2955Epoch: 2025-02-27T14:00Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-02-27T14:00:01.000Z)
Latitude
-82.76706°
Longitude
-127.03844°
Altitude
700.185 km
Speed
7.467 km/s
True Right ascension
16h 02m 29s
True Declination
-82° 43' 25"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
08:59:24
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
859.903 km
Perigee altitude
336.363 km
Semi-major axis
6,976.27 km
Eccentricity
0.03752
Inclination
97.1579°
RAAN
140.4281°
Arg. of periapsis
16.4132°
True anomaly
252.29971°
Mean anomaly
256.4304°
Eccentric anomaly
254.3601°
Mean motion
3.72485 °/min
Orbital period
96.65 mins
BSTAR
0.50425
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Other satellites on launch #9 in the year 2025 (2025-01-14 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.PIONEER-02 Visibility
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