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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

62716, 2025-010A

Orbit

Decayed

Country

Related business

Firefly Aerospace (US)

Manufacturer

Firefly

Mission

Decayed Commercial Planetary

Bus & Motor

BLUE GHOST, Unknown motor

Mass

~1,500 kg wet, 469 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-01-15 (1 year ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 4 Leg, 1.8 m

Radar Cross Section

13.125 m²

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TLE from 1 year 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    04

Epoch: 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

Object was in daylight 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

09:58:55

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

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Other satellites on launch #10 in the year 2025 (2025-01-15 UTC)

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FALCON 9 DEB, 62718 (Decayed)

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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.
363 mins	2026-03-19 05:12:18.747Z	144.387° SSE	2026-03-19 07:16:18.747Z	178.177° S	28.812°	2026-03-19 11:15:18.747Z	235.281° WSW
283 mins	2026-03-20 00:29:18.747Z	294.557° NW	2026-03-20 00:34:18.747Z	12.549° NNE	43.888°	2026-03-20 05:12:18.747Z	176.605° S

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BLUE GHOST, 62716 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 year ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-01-15T07:11:06.515Z)

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