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IRIDE-MS2-HEO-1, 62697

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDE-MS2-HEO-1, 62697 is an Italian 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

62697, 2025-009CS

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

Italian Space Agency (IT)

Manufacturer

ArgoTec

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

HAWK, Unknown motor

Mass

65 kg wet, 65 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-01-14 (4 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.683 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 IRIDE-MS2-HEO-1
1 62697U 25009CS  25128.91694978  .00002255  00000-0  22521-3 0  9996
2 62697  97.7366 209.4857 0000557 319.6894  40.4284 14.92487763 17003

Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:00Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:00:24.461Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

12.4032°

Altitude

592.929 km

Speed

7.564 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 57m 56s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

14.75817°

Longitude

10.82719°

Altitude

592.286 km

Speed

7.565 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 48m 58s

Apparent Declination

-22° 28' 37"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:29:29

Azimuth

258.265° W

Elevation

-21.713°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

587.586 km

Perigee altitude

586.81 km

Semi-major axis

6,965.335 km

Eccentricity

0.0000557

Inclination

97.7366°

RAAN

209.4857°

Arg. of periapsis

319.6894°

True anomaly

40.43254°

Mean anomaly

40.4284°

Eccentric anomaly

40.43047°

Mean motion

3.73362 °/min

BSTAR

0.00022521

Orbital period

96.42 mins

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IRIDE-MS2-HEO-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.
7 mins	2025-05-09 17:53:10.612Z	25.69° NE	2025-05-09 17:56:10.612Z	79.876° E	37.254°	2025-05-09 18:00:10.612Z	175.12° S
5 mins	2025-05-10 04:44:10.612Z	115.522° SE	2025-05-10 04:46:10.612Z	67.142° ENE	27.662°	2025-05-10 04:49:10.612Z	12.172° NNE
4 mins	2025-05-10 06:20:10.612Z	239.361° WSW	2025-05-10 06:21:10.612Z	257.361° W	18.122°	2025-05-10 06:24:10.612Z	308.121° NW

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