OBJECT A, 63178

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OBJECT A, 63178 is a satellite owned by JPL (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Unknown objects in Earth's orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earth's gravity.

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Identifier	63178, 2025-047A
Orbit	SSO
Last TLE update	6 hours ago
Origin	JPL (US)
Manufacturer	BAEB
Mission	Operational spacecraft
Bus & Motor	SPHEREX, Unknown motor
Mass	502 kg wet, 502 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)	2025-03-12 (5 days ago)
Launch vehicle	FALCON 9
Launch site	Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)
Object type	Unknown
Shape & HBR	Unknown
Radar Cross Section	RCS unknown

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 OBJECT A
1 63178U 25047A   25075.58763029  .00001809  00000-0  28334-3 0  9993
2 63178  97.9546 264.4012 0011267 182.1265 177.9898 14.73887762   651

Epoch: 2025-03-16T14:06Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-03-16T14:06:11.257Z)

Latitude	0.00006°
Longitude	-121.56238°
Altitude	659.61 km
Speed	7.523 km/s
True Right ascension	17h 37m 36s
True Declination	0° 00' 00"
Sunlit	Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude	-31.85938°
Longitude	-116.34714°
Altitude	667.308 km
Speed	7.519 km/s
Apparent Right ascension	15h 49m 32s
Apparent Declination	-41° 30' 30"
Sunlit	Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time	01:06:44
Azimuth	253.57° W
Elevation	-59.396°
Doppler factor	1

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude	653.649 km
Perigee altitude	637.822 km
Semi-major axis	7,023.873 km
Eccentricity	0.0011267
Inclination	97.9546°
RAAN	264.4012°
Arg. of periapsis	182.1265°
True anomaly	177.99432°
Mean anomaly	177.9898°
Eccentric anomaly	177.99206°
Mean motion	3.68704 °/min
BSTAR	0.00028334
Orbital period	97.64 mins

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Other satellites on launch #47 in the year 2025 (2025-03-12 UTC)

OBJECT A 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.
5 mins	2025-03-17 00:28:30.166Z	51.655° ENE	2025-03-17 00:31:30.166Z	102.418° ESE	20.147°	2025-03-17 00:33:30.166Z	134.91° SE
6 mins	2025-03-17 02:05:30.166Z	338.562° N	2025-03-17 02:07:30.166Z	298.486° NW	27.819°	2025-03-17 02:11:30.166Z	228.557° WSW
4 mins	2025-03-17 11:27:30.166Z	92.699° ESE	2025-03-17 11:29:30.166Z	58.772° ENE	17.967°	2025-03-17 11:31:30.166Z	28.89° NE
7 mins	2025-03-17 13:02:30.166Z	199.822° SSW	2025-03-17 13:05:30.166Z	262.867° W	32.562°	2025-03-17 13:09:30.166Z	330.788° NNW

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