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PELICAN-4 300B, 65316

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PELICAN-4 300B, 65316 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

65316, 2025-188B

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: 2 days ago

TLE from 2 days ago

0 PELICAN-4 300B
1 65316U 25188B   26122.66509389  .00001335  00000-0  34782-4 0  9994
2 65316  97.1979 199.6540 0002734 128.7135 231.4357 15.40614946 38301

Epoch: 2026-05-02T15:57Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-02T15:57:44.112Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

99.64046°

Altitude

448.581 km

Speed

7.642 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 18m 36s

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

22:50:21

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

443.087 km

Perigee altitude

439.358 km

Semi-major axis

6,819.36 km

Eccentricity

0.00027

Inclination

97.1979°

RAAN

199.654°

Arg. of periapsis

128.7135°

True anomaly

231.41121°

Mean anomaly

231.4357°

Eccentric anomaly

231.42345°

Mean motion

3.85414 °/min

Orbital period

93.41 mins

BSTAR

0.000034782

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

PELICAN-3 300A, 65315

CAPELLA-16 (ACADIA), 65318

FFLY-1, 65320

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PELICAN-4 300B 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.
4 mins	2026-05-04 18:24:46.842Z	342.491° N	2026-05-04 18:26:46.842Z	279.798° WNW	30.411°	2026-05-04 18:28:46.842Z	226.467° WSW
4 mins	2026-05-05 04:54:46.842Z	132.624° SE	2026-05-05 04:55:46.842Z	93.088° ESE	36.647°	2026-05-05 04:58:46.842Z	1.733° NNE

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PELICAN-4 300B, 65316

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-02T15:57:44.112Z)

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PELICAN-4 300B Visibility forecast

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