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HERMES-2, 63243

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HERMES-2, 63243 is a payload satellite owned by ASI (IT) 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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Identifier

63243, 2025-052AK

Orbit

SSO

Country

IT

Related business

Italian Space Agency (IT)

Manufacturer

MILANP/INAFI

Mission

Operational Civil Astronomy

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

5 kg wet, 5 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-15 (5 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 HERMES-2
1 63243U 25052AK  25240.61460324  .00012363  00000-0  56195-3 0  9995
2 63243  97.4189 133.3228 0007721  70.3932 289.8136 15.20862748 25402

Epoch: 2025-08-28T14:45Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-28T14:45:01.719Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

-65.00942°

Altitude

504.53 km

Speed

7.613 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 53m 17s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

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

16:12:24

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

505.513 km

Perigee altitude

494.891 km

Semi-major axis

6,878.339 km

Eccentricity

0.00077

Inclination

97.4189°

RAAN

133.3228°

Arg. of periapsis

70.3932°

True anomaly

289.73033°

Mean anomaly

289.8136°

Eccentric anomaly

289.77197°

Mean motion

3.80468 °/min

Orbital period

94.62 mins

BSTAR

0.00056195

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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 2025 (2025-03-15 UTC)

JINJUSAT-1B, 63210

TOMORROW-S5, 63234

ORBASTRO-TR5, 63236

OBJECT AD, 63237

OBJECT AE, 63238

OBJECT AF, 63239

ALMUNTHER, 63240

OBJECT AH, 63241

HERMES-1, 63242

BUCCANEER MM, 63245

LEMUR 2 LEIA-PHILIP, 63246

HERMES-2 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.
6 mins	2025-08-29 05:31:56.673Z	26.142° NE	2025-08-29 05:34:56.673Z	126.304° SE	37.702°	2025-08-29 05:37:56.673Z	177.652° S

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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Check out HERMES-2, 63243 on other resources

View HERMES-2, 63243 on NASA - NSSDCA Website

View HERMES-2, 63243 on Heavens-Above

View HERMES-2, 63243 on Keep Track

View HERMES-2, 63243 on Celestrak

View HERMES-2, 63243 on Gunter's Space Page

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