BLUE GHOST, 62716 (Decayed)
Orbit data source: Space-Track
BLUE GHOST, 62716 was a payload satellite owned by Firefly (US) in HEO that was launched on Wed, 15 Jan 2025 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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
Firefly
Mission
Decayed Commercial Planetary
Bus & Motor
BLUE GHOST, Unknown motor
Mass
~1,500 kg wet, 469 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 4 Leg, 1.8 m
Radar Cross Section
13.125 m²
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 months ago
TLE from 10 months ago
0 BLUE GHOST
1 62716U 25010A 25015.29938097 -.00032000 26295-4 00000-0 0 9994
2 62716 35.0400 359.0739 9608400 346.4200 0.0135 0.12641706 04Epoch: 2025-01-15T07:11Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-01-15T07:11:06.515Z)
Latitude
27.93165°
Longitude
-94.20469°
Altitude
41,607.797 km
Speed
3.773 km/s
True Right ascension
08h 34m 15s
True Declination
27° 54' 38"
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
11:41:37
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
322,465.897 km
Perigee altitude
189.218 km
Semi-major axis
167,705.694 km
Eccentricity
0.96084
Inclination
35.04°
RAAN
359.0739°
Arg. of periapsis
346.42°
True anomaly
2.42466°
Mean anomaly
0.0135°
Eccentric anomaly
0.3427°
Mean motion
0.0316 °/min
Orbital period
11,391.5 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #10 in the year 2025 (2025-01-15 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.BLUE GHOST 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. |
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| 289 mins | 2025-11-03 15:49:28.270Z | 174.541° S | 2025-11-03 16:03:28.270Z | 179.239° S | 33.752° | 2025-11-03 20:38:28.270Z | 249.057° W |
| 205 mins | 2025-11-04 12:24:28.270Z | 118.695° SE | 2025-11-04 15:49:28.270Z | 165.742° S | 28.018° | 2025-11-04 15:49:28.270Z | 165.742° S |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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