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SPHEREX, 63182

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SPHEREX, 63182 is a payload 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). 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

63182, 2025-047E

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (US)

Manufacturer

BAEB

Mission

Operational Civil Astronomy

Bus & Motor

SPHEREX, Unknown motor

Mass

502 kg wet, 502 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-12 (1 year ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 2.7 m

Radar Cross Section

0.625 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 SPHEREX
1 63182U 25047E   26125.48775604  .00001097  00000-0  17450-3 0  9992
2 63182  97.9581 311.1044 0009746 337.5596  22.5185 14.73984064 61757

Epoch: 2026-05-05T11:42Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-05T11:42:22.121Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-87.84965°

Altitude

645.063 km

Speed

7.539 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 44m 25s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

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

00:38:04

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

652.275 km

Perigee altitude

638.584 km

Semi-major axis

7,023.567 km

Eccentricity

0.00097

Inclination

97.9581°

RAAN

311.1044°

Arg. of periapsis

337.5596°

True anomaly

22.56132°

Mean anomaly

22.5185°

Eccentric anomaly

22.53991°

Mean motion

3.68728 °/min

Orbital period

97.63 mins

BSTAR

0.0001745

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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.
8 mins	2026-05-06 01:18:16.453Z	10.369° NNE	2026-05-06 01:22:16.453Z	271.375° WNW	44.703°	2026-05-06 01:26:16.453Z	197.322° SSW
7 mins	2026-05-06 12:16:16.453Z	161.223° S	2026-05-06 12:19:16.453Z	131.925° SE	43.602°	2026-05-06 12:23:16.453Z	350.449° N

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SPHEREX, 63182

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-05T11:42:22.121Z)

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