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DUPLEX, 66906

Orbit data source: Space-Track

DUPLEX, 66906 is an American payload satellite in LEO that was delivered to the ISS. 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

66906, 1998-067XT

Orbit

LEO

Country

Related business

Champaign-Urbana Aerospace LLC (US)

Manufacturer

CUA

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1998-11-20 (28 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.087 m

Radar Cross Section

0.015 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 2 days ago

TLE from 2 days ago

0 DUPLEX
1 66906U 98067XT  26316.10392282  .00104914  00000-0  62402-3 0  9998
2 66906  51.6235 255.6576 0004854  77.9420 282.2123 15.77147015 53878

Epoch: 2026-11-12T02:29Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-12T02:29:38.931Z)

Latitude

-0.00011°

Longitude

167.00309°

Altitude

338.589 km

Speed

7.707 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 02m 37s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

16:13:35

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

342.306 km

Perigee altitude

335.785 km

Semi-major axis

6,717.182 km

Eccentricity

0.00049

Inclination

51.6235°

RAAN

255.6576°

Arg. of periapsis

77.942°

True anomaly

282.15793°

Mean anomaly

282.2123°

Eccentric anomaly

282.18512°

Mean motion

3.94242 °/min

Orbital period

91.31 mins

BSTAR

0.00062402

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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 1998 (1998-11-20 UTC)

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BOTAN, 65943 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 57599 (Decayed)

VCC B, 44431 (Decayed)

SORTIE, 45264 (Decayed)

CLICK-A, 53769 (Decayed)

MAYA-2, 47929 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 32286 (Decayed)

ARKSAT 1, 56311 (Decayed)

LILACSAT-1, 42725 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 49129 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 62376 (Decayed)

OBJECT XD, 62297 (Decayed)

BINAR-2, 60956 (Decayed)

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DUPLEX 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	2026-11-13 22:47:19.070Z	242.35° WSW	2026-11-13 22:49:19.070Z	280.601° WNW	57.063°	2026-11-13 22:52:19.070Z	47.142° ENE

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DUPLEX, 66906

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: 2026-11-12T02:29:38.931Z)

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Orbital elements

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DUPLEX Visibility forecast

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