VELA 1, 692
Orbit data source: Space-Track
VELA 1, 692 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). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets 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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VELA 1 details
Identifier | |
Orbit | HEO |
Last TLE update | 3 months ago |
Origin | |
Manufacturer | TRW |
Mission | Defense Early Warn |
Bus & Motor | VELA, BE3A |
Mass | ~207 kg wet, 115 kg dry |
Launch date (UTC) | |
Launch vehicle | |
Launch site | |
Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
Shape & HBR | Poly, 1.4 m |
Radar Cross Section | 2.240 m², Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 3 months ago
0 VELA 1
1 00692U 63039C 24311.71469677 -.00001042 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
2 00692 21.0913 39.9740 5900800 212.4905 357.7494 0.22139704 11876
Epoch: 2024-11-06T17:09Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-11-06T17:09:09.8Z)
Latitude | -9.02497° |
Longitude | -59.59308° |
Altitude | 40,248.012 km |
Speed | 3.694 km/s |
True Right ascension | 16h 16m 25s |
True Declination | -9° 01' 01" |
Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
Latitude | 20.17018° |
Longitude | -142.07405° |
Altitude | 75,261.684 km |
Speed | 2.512 km/s |
Apparent Right ascension | 10h 44m 06s |
Apparent Declination | 16° 27' 28" |
Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time | 22:06:34 |
Azimuth | 349.26° N |
Elevation | -32.951° |
Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude | 177,152.571 km |
Perigee altitude | 40,935.777 km |
Semi-major axis | 115,422.311 km |
Eccentricity | 0.59008 |
Inclination | 21.0913° |
RAAN | 39.974° |
Arg. of periapsis | 212.4905° |
True anomaly | 349.23389° |
Mean anomaly | 357.7494° |
Eccentric anomaly | 354.52167° |
Mean motion | 0.05535 °/min |
BSTAR | Unknown |
Orbital period | 6504.2 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #39 in the year 1963 (1963-10-17 UTC)
VELA 2, 674 |
ERS 12, 675 (Decayed) |
VELA 1, 692 |
VELA 1 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. |
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89 mins | 2025-02-14 18:01:42.489Z | 120.212° SE | 2025-02-14 19:30:42.489Z | 133.132° SE | 21.109° | 2025-02-14 19:30:42.489Z | 133.132° SE |
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