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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

674, 1963-039A

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

4 days ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

TRW

Mission

Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

VELA, BE3A

Mass

~217 kg wet, 115 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1963-10-17 (62 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS AGENA D

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Poly, 1.4 m

Radar Cross Section

2.240 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 4 days ago

0 VELA 2
1 00674U 63039A   25125.63463261  .00000209  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 00674  46.6387 110.2890 4628121  83.4352   0.7278  0.22192102  8475

Epoch: 2025-05-05T15:13Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-05T15:13:52.257Z)

Latitude

46.26187°

Longitude

100.42145°

Altitude

55,404.89 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 50m 32s

True Declination

46° 14' 31"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-28.27136°

Longitude

-13.16139°

Altitude

116,874.934 km

Speed

1.735 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 08m 11s

Apparent Declination

-29° 13' 35"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:45:10

Azimuth

268.286° W

Elevation

-47.456°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

162,196.456 km

Perigee altitude

55,527.443 km

Semi-major axis

115,240.087 km

Eccentricity

0.4628121

Inclination

46.6387°

RAAN

110.289°

Arg. of periapsis

83.4352°

True anomaly

2.23536°

Mean anomaly

0.7278°

Eccentric anomaly

1.35472°

Mean motion

0.05548 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

6488.8 mins

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VELA 2 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
668 mins	2025-05-09 18:28:28.680Z	93.553° ESE	2025-05-10 05:36:28.680Z	67.919° E	44.03°	2025-05-10 05:36:28.680Z	67.919° E

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