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PELICAN-6 300D, 66703

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PELICAN-6 300D, 66703 is a payload satellite owned by Planet (US) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 28 Nov 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

66703, 2025-276AP

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)

2025-11-28 (4 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

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Last TLE update: 18 hours ago

TLE from 18 hours ago

0 PELICAN-6 300D
1 66703U 25276AP  26092.22112247  .00008093  00000-0  29631-3 0  9998
2 66703  97.4238 167.6279 0002857 108.6441 251.5109 15.28290854 18928

Epoch: 2026-04-02T05:18Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-02T05:18:24.981Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-102.5489°

Altitude

484.645 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 10m 30s

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

04:55:32

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

479.836 km

Perigee altitude

475.918 km

Semi-major axis

6,856.014 km

Eccentricity

0.00029

Inclination

97.4238°

RAAN

167.6279°

Arg. of periapsis

108.6441°

True anomaly

251.47985°

Mean anomaly

251.5109°

Eccentric anomaly

251.49538°

Mean motion

3.82328 °/min

Orbital period

94.16 mins

BSTAR

0.00029631

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Other satellites on launch #276 in the year 2025 (2025-11-28 UTC)

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PELICAN-6 300D 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	2026-04-03 04:59:47.693Z	166.451° S	2026-04-03 05:02:47.693Z	163.367° S	42.996°	2026-04-03 05:05:47.693Z	348.461° N
5 mins	2026-04-03 18:01:47.693Z	356.972° N	2026-04-03 18:03:47.693Z	240.338° WSW	40.176°	2026-04-03 18:06:47.693Z	202.154° SSW

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PELICAN-6 300D, 66703

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 18 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-02T05:18:24.981Z)

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