USA 486, 62757
Orbit data source: Space-Track
USA 486, 62757 is a payload satellite owned by NRO (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 21 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
SpaceX/Seattle
Mission
Operational Defense Imaging
Bus & Motor
STARSHIELD, Unknown motor
Mass
800 kg wet, ~750 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 1 Pan, 2.0 m
Radar Cross Section
41.120 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 18 hours ago
TLE from 18 hours ago
0 USA 486
1 62757U 25014Y 25348.93221392 .00210399 00000-0 13356-2 0 9996
2 62757 42.9987 150.0546 0001834 287.3678 72.6990 15.75094886 51693Epoch: 2025-12-14T22:22Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-14T22:22:23.282Z)
Latitude
-0.00006°
Longitude
90.61948°
Altitude
343.765 km
Speed
7.705 km/s
True Right ascension
10h 00m 13s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
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
15:08:15
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
347.58 km
Perigee altitude
345.113 km
Semi-major axis
6,724.484 km
Eccentricity
0.00018
Inclination
42.9987°
RAAN
150.0546°
Arg. of periapsis
287.3678°
True anomaly
72.71907°
Mean anomaly
72.699°
Eccentric anomaly
72.70903°
Mean motion
3.936 °/min
Orbital period
91.46 mins
BSTAR
0.0013356
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Other satellites on launch #14 in the year 2025 (2025-01-21 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.USA 486 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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| 5 mins | 2025-12-15 16:58:24.175Z | 289.158° WNW | 2025-12-15 17:00:24.175Z | 340.875° N | 32.954° | 2025-12-15 17:03:24.175Z | 72.999° E |
| 4 mins | 2025-12-15 18:35:24.175Z | 293.673° NW | 2025-12-15 18:36:24.175Z | 316.406° NNW | 42.698° | 2025-12-15 18:39:24.175Z | 103.89° ESE |
| 4 mins | 2025-12-16 14:10:24.175Z | 217.688° SW | 2025-12-16 14:11:24.175Z | 186.343° SSW | 33.127° | 2025-12-16 14:14:24.175Z | 81.182° E |
| 4 mins | 2025-12-16 15:46:24.175Z | 288.696° WNW | 2025-12-16 15:47:24.175Z | 330.288° NNW | 36.261° | 2025-12-16 15:50:24.175Z | 68.422° E |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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