VELA 2, 674
Orbit data source: Space-Track
VELA 2, 674 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SSD (US) in HEO that was launched on Thu, 17 Oct 1963 UTC via an ATLAS AGENA D launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
TRW
Mission
Spacecraft
Bus & Motor
VELA, BE3A
Mass
~217 kg wet, 115 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
POLY, 1.1 m
Radar Cross Section
Small (<0.1 m²)
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TLE from 1 month ago
0 VELA 2
1 00674U 63039A 26224.35111914 -.00000709 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996
2 00674 47.8631 92.8575 6522203 86.9087 359.7597 0.22186316 9500Epoch: 2026-08-12T08:25Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-08-12T08:25:36.693Z)
Latitude
47.94179°
Longitude
93.41649°
Altitude
33,226.924 km
Speed
4.084 km/s
True Right ascension
12h 02m 30s
True Declination
47° 54' 40"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
01:55:46
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
184,057.042 km
Perigee altitude
33,707.007 km
Semi-major axis
115,260.161 km
Eccentricity
0.65222
Inclination
47.8631°
RAAN
92.8575°
Arg. of periapsis
86.9087°
True anomaly
358.49411°
Mean anomaly
359.7597°
Eccentric anomaly
359.30908°
Mean motion
0.05547 °/min
Orbital period
6,490.5 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #39 in the year 1963 (1963-10-17 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.VELA 2 Visibility
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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