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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

2 days ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

U. NSW

Mission

Operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-15 (2 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 2 days ago

0 BUCCANEER MM
1 63245U 25052AM  25119.20589927  .00004003  00000-0  40422-3 0  9996
2 63245  97.7324  13.4922 0005232 135.1954 224.9688 14.91607784  6827

Epoch: 2025-04-29T04:56Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-29T04:56:29.696Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

81.95957°

Altitude

598.546 km

Speed

7.559 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 53m 58s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

56.80109°

Longitude

-84.13474°

Altitude

598.773 km

Speed

7.568 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 00m 41s

Apparent Declination

56° 07' 47"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:24:29

Azimuth

11.599° NNE

Elevation

7.676°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

593.585 km

Perigee altitude

586.294 km

Semi-major axis

6,968.077 km

Eccentricity

0.0005232

Inclination

97.7324°

RAAN

13.4922°

Arg. of periapsis

135.1954°

True anomaly

224.92645°

Mean anomaly

224.9688°

Eccentric anomaly

224.94762°

Mean motion

3.73142 °/min

BSTAR

0.00040422

Orbital period

96.48 mins

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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.
7 mins	2025-05-01 05:48:17.983Z	11.656° NNE	2025-05-01 05:52:17.983Z	200.713° SSW	43.547°	2025-05-01 05:55:17.983Z	194.543° SSW
6 mins	2025-05-01 16:39:17.983Z	144.476° SSE	2025-05-01 16:41:17.983Z	98.503° ESE	38.838°	2025-05-01 16:45:17.983Z	357.914° N

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