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PELICAN-3 300A, 65315

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PELICAN-3 300A, 65315 is a payload satellite owned by Planet (US) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 26 Aug 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

65315, 2025-188A

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Planet Labs PBC (US)

Manufacturer

Planet

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

PELICAN, XE AOCS

Mass

160 kg wet, 146 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-08-26 (8 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

1.955 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 22 hours ago

TLE from 22 hours ago

0 PELICAN-3 300A
1 65315U 25188A   26123.68870384  .00005577  00000-0  13841-3 0  9996
2 65315  97.1966 200.5121 0002668 120.1761 239.9751 15.40752734 38466

Epoch: 2026-05-03T16:31Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-03T16:31:44.011Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

90.99006°

Altitude

447.922 km

Speed

7.643 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 22m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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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

22:51:13

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

442.635 km

Perigee altitude

438.996 km

Semi-major axis

6,818.953 km

Eccentricity

0.00027

Inclination

97.1966°

RAAN

200.5121°

Arg. of periapsis

120.1761°

True anomaly

239.94863°

Mean anomaly

239.9751°

Eccentric anomaly

239.96187°

Mean motion

3.85449 °/min

Orbital period

93.4 mins

BSTAR

0.00013841

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Other satellites on launch #188 in the year 2025 (2025-08-26 UTC)

PELICAN-4 300B, 65316

CAPELLA-16 (ACADIA), 65318

FFLY-1, 65320

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PELICAN-3 300A 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.
5 mins	2026-05-04 18:01:39.159Z	8.25° NNE	2026-05-04 18:04:39.159Z	220.419° SW	42.531°	2026-05-04 18:06:39.159Z	197.741° SSW

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PELICAN-3 300A, 65315

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 22 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-03T16:31:44.011Z)

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Other satellites on launch #188 in the year 2025 (2025-08-26 UTC)

PELICAN-3 300A Visibility forecast

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Last TLE update: 22 hours ago