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SPHEREX, 63182

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SPHEREX, 63182 is an American payload satellite 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

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

SouthWest Research Institute (US)

Manufacturer

SWRI

Mission

Operational Civil Astronomy

Bus & Motor

PUNCH, Unknown motor

Mass

64 kg wet, 64 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-12 (4 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.625 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 SPHEREX
1 63182U 25047E   25199.57679845  .00000843  00000-0  13886-3 0  9999
2 63182  97.9562  25.8333 0010640 175.4189 184.7118 14.72995792 18914

Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:50Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:50:35.386Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-118.44041°

Altitude

661.987 km

Speed

7.522 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 43m 19s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

2.31941°

Longitude

-118.36328°

Altitude

661.659 km

Speed

7.523 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 11m 44s

Apparent Declination

-17° 50' 36"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:25:46

Azimuth

332.453° NNW

Elevation

-65.794°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

656.05 km

Perigee altitude

641.097 km

Semi-major axis

7,026.71 km

Eccentricity

0.00106

Inclination

97.9562°

RAAN

25.8333°

Arg. of periapsis

175.4189°

True anomaly

184.7018°

Mean anomaly

184.7118°

Eccentric anomaly

184.7068°

Mean motion

3.68481 °/min

Orbital period

97.7 mins

BSTAR

0.00013886

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

SPHEREX 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.
4 mins	2025-07-19 00:14:08.305Z	65.239° ENE	2025-07-19 00:16:08.305Z	96.234° ESE	15.709°	2025-07-19 00:18:08.305Z	125.537° SE
6 mins	2025-07-19 01:50:08.305Z	349.685° N	2025-07-19 01:53:08.305Z	276.254° WNW	33.978°	2025-07-19 01:56:08.305Z	221.63° SW
7 mins	2025-07-19 12:48:08.305Z	190.635° SSW	2025-07-19 12:51:08.305Z	277.876° WNW	38.298°	2025-07-19 12:55:08.305Z	337.512° N

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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