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BUCCANEER MM, 63245

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BUCCANEER MM, 63245 is an Australian payload satellite 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

63245, 2025-052AM

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

University of New South Wales Center for Space Eng. Research (AU / AUS)

Manufacturer

U. NSW

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-15 (4 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Ant, 1.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.160 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 BUCCANEER MM
1 63245U 25052AM  25199.55921723  .00001557  00000-0  15910-3 0  9991
2 63245  97.7236  92.2714 0002802 234.9504 125.1452 14.92006982 18808

Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:25Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:25:16.368Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-45.65573°

Altitude

595.846 km

Speed

7.561 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 09m 05s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

52.30327°

Longitude

144.81392°

Altitude

600.747 km

Speed

7.564 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 52m 40s

Apparent Declination

11° 47' 48"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:26:26

Azimuth

43.172° NE

Elevation

-27.184°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

590.647 km

Perigee altitude

586.743 km

Semi-major axis

6,966.832 km

Eccentricity

0.00028

Inclination

97.7236°

RAAN

92.2714°

Arg. of periapsis

234.9504°

True anomaly

125.17145°

Mean anomaly

125.1452°

Eccentric anomaly

125.15833°

Mean motion

3.73242 °/min

Orbital period

96.45 mins

BSTAR

0.0001591

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BUCCANEER MM 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	2025-07-19 06:05:48.015Z	354.236° N	2025-07-19 06:07:48.015Z	309.292° NW	37.65°	2025-07-19 06:11:48.015Z	211.112° SW
7 mins	2025-07-19 16:54:48.015Z	167.386° S	2025-07-19 16:57:48.015Z	229.408° WSW	44.986°	2025-07-19 17:01:48.015Z	347.347° N

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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