PIONEER-03, 63224 (Decayed)
Orbit data source: Space-Track
PIONEER-03, 63224 was a payload satellite owned by Varda Space (US) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 15 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
Rocket Lab
Mission
Decayed Commercial Technology
Bus & Motor
RL PIONEER, HYPERC
Mass
300 kg wet, 55 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Trunc Cone, 1.0 m
Radar Cross Section
Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 months ago
TLE from 9 months ago
0 PIONEER-03
1 63224U 25052Q 25133.88102544 .00035013 00000-0 64585-3 0 9990
2 63224 97.4395 28.1511 0421383 16.8232 344.6482 14.88530580 9188Epoch: 2025-05-13T21:08Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-05-13T21:08:40.598Z)
Latitude
0.00002°
Longitude
-160.89146°
Altitude
322.782 km
Speed
7.869 km/s
True Right ascension
01h 52m 36s
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
03:45:47
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
893.554 km
Perigee altitude
305.5 km
Semi-major axis
6,977.664 km
Eccentricity
0.04214
Inclination
97.4395°
RAAN
28.1511°
Arg. of periapsis
16.8232°
True anomaly
343.3017°
Mean anomaly
344.6482°
Eccentric anomaly
343.98199°
Mean motion
3.72373 °/min
Orbital period
96.68 mins
BSTAR
0.00064585
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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 2025 (2025-03-15 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.PIONEER-03 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 | 2026-02-02 04:35:08.645Z | 40.88° NE | 2026-02-02 04:38:08.645Z | 100.416° ESE | 20.694° | 2026-02-02 04:40:08.645Z | 143.394° SSE |
| 5 mins | 2026-02-02 15:16:08.645Z | 94.9° ESE | 2026-02-02 15:18:08.645Z | 66.335° ENE | 18.604° | 2026-02-02 15:21:08.645Z | 26.433° NE |
| 8 mins | 2026-02-02 16:48:08.645Z | 187.626° SSW | 2026-02-02 16:52:08.645Z | 270.234° WNW | 38.984° | 2026-02-02 16:56:08.645Z | 335.834° NNW |
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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