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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 (10 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, Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 19 hours ago

TLE from 19 hours ago

0 PELICAN-4 300B
1 65316U 25188B   26171.18128247  .00002882  00000-0  72636-4 0  9993
2 65316  97.1990 247.4395 0001353  92.8444 267.2958 15.40697583 45775

Epoch: 2026-06-20T04:21Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T04:21:02.805Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-86.22178°

Altitude

447.217 km

Speed

7.644 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 29m 45s

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

10:19:01

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

441.901 km

Perigee altitude

440.056 km

Semi-major axis

6,819.116 km

Eccentricity

0.00014

Inclination

97.199°

RAAN

247.4395°

Arg. of periapsis

92.8444°

True anomaly

267.28031°

Mean anomaly

267.2958°

Eccentric anomaly

267.28806°

Mean motion

3.85435 °/min

Orbital period

93.4 mins

BSTAR

0.000072636

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

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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.
6 mins	2026-06-21 05:24:46.368Z	183.802° SSW	2026-06-21 05:27:46.368Z	262.855° W	38.042°	2026-06-21 05:30:46.368Z	337.052° NNW
5 mins	2026-06-21 18:19:46.368Z	347.19° N	2026-06-21 18:21:46.368Z	278.732° WNW	33.966°	2026-06-21 18:24:46.368Z	213.601° SW

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PELICAN-4 300B, 65316

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 19 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T04:21:02.805Z)

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

PELICAN-4 300B Visibility forecast

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