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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). 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

692, 1963-039C

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

2 days ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

TRW

Mission

Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

VELA, BE3A

Mass

~207 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, Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 2 days ago

0 VELA 1
1   692U 63039C   25127.08483806 -.00001460  00000-0  00000+0 0  9993
2   692  25.5970  44.3938 5654802 213.4357 358.3338  0.22047619 49662

Epoch: 2025-05-07T02:02Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-07T02:02:10.008Z)

Latitude

-13.52084°

Longitude

-1.38351°

Altitude

43,491.134 km

Speed

3.542 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 57m 19s

True Declination

-13° 30' 35"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

12.19167°

Longitude

175.26671°

Altitude

174,964.267 km

Speed

0.976 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 39m 21s

Apparent Declination

10° 43' 41"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:34:00

Azimuth

309.122° NW

Elevation

-23.631°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

174,815.825 km

Perigee altitude

43,914.651 km

Semi-major axis

115,743.375 km

Eccentricity

0.5654802

Inclination

25.597°

RAAN

44.3938°

Arg. of periapsis

213.4357°

True anomaly

352.73567°

Mean anomaly

358.3338°

Eccentric anomaly

356.16914°

Mean motion

0.05512 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

6531.36 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 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.
776 mins	2025-05-09 15:26:20.425Z	78.932° E	2025-05-09 21:48:20.425Z	182.546° SSW	42.828°	2025-05-10 04:22:20.425Z	287.185° WNW

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