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GRUS-3ALPHA, 64579

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GRUS-3ALPHA, 64579 is a payload satellite owned by AXELSPACE (JP) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 23 Jun 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

64579, 2025-135BD

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

AXEL (JP / JPN)

Manufacturer

AXELSPACE

Mission

Operational Commercial Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

GRUS, Unknown motor

Mass

150 kg wet, 150 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-06-23 (1 month ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.776 m²

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 GRUS-3ALPHA
1 64579U 25135BD  25205.92231995  .00001380  00000-0  14230-3 0  9996
2 64579  97.7515 319.7996 0003375  27.4253 332.7143 14.91813436  5066

Epoch: 2025-07-24T22:08Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-24T22:08:08.443Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

44.88372°

Altitude

593.232 km

Speed

7.564 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 19m 11s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

29.43845°

Longitude

40.7052°

Altitude

593.692 km

Speed

7.567 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 05m 59s

Apparent Declination

-5° 51' 27"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:17:41

Azimuth

76.523° E

Elevation

-24.379°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

591.651 km

Perigee altitude

586.948 km

Semi-major axis

6,967.437 km

Eccentricity

0.00034

Inclination

97.7515°

RAAN

319.7996°

Arg. of periapsis

27.4253°

True anomaly

332.69656°

Mean anomaly

332.7143°

Eccentric anomaly

332.70543°

Mean motion

3.73193 °/min

Orbital period

96.46 mins

BSTAR

0.0001423

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GRUS-3ALPHA 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	2025-07-25 07:55:49.602Z	187.509° SSW	2025-07-25 07:57:49.602Z	230.622° WSW	38.802°	2025-07-25 08:01:49.602Z	337.418° NNW
4 mins	2025-07-25 19:39:49.602Z	60.738° ENE	2025-07-25 19:41:49.602Z	99.568° ESE	20.332°	2025-07-25 19:43:49.602Z	135.046° SSE
5 mins	2025-07-25 21:14:49.602Z	337.502° N	2025-07-25 21:16:49.602Z	298.444° NW	25.25°	2025-07-25 21:19:49.602Z	238.202° WSW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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