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TRANSIT 5E 3, 705

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TRANSIT 5E 3, 705 is a payload satellite owned by USN BuWeps (US) in LEO that was launched on Thu, 05 Dec 1963 UTC via a THOR ABLESTAR launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

705, 1963-049C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

United States Navy (US)

Manufacturer

APL

Mission

Civil Science

Bus & Motor

TRANSIT 5, Unknown motor

Mass

52 kg wet, 52 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1963-12-05 (61 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR ABLESTAR

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Oct Cyl + 4 Pan, 3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.892 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 TRANSIT 5E 3
1 00705U 63049C   25128.60809714  .00000085  00000-0  12394-3 0  9992
2 00705  89.9187  73.7033 0033266 342.8966 190.7060 13.47612805 17601

Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:35Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:35:39.592Z)

Latitude

6.39134°

Longitude

168.10312°

Altitude

1,107.793 km

Speed

7.287 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 54m 46s

True Declination

6° 21' 19"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

35.634°

Longitude

168.0488°

Altitude

1,109.675 km

Speed

7.289 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 28m 24s

Apparent Declination

4° 31' 45"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:38:04

Azimuth

88.07° E

Elevation

4.758°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,102.912 km

Perigee altitude

1,053.304 km

Semi-major axis

7,456.245 km

Eccentricity

0.0033266

Inclination

89.9187°

RAAN

73.7033°

Arg. of periapsis

342.8966°

True anomaly

190.63547°

Mean anomaly

190.706°

Eccentric anomaly

190.67071°

Mean motion

3.37103 °/min

BSTAR

0.00012394

Orbital period

106.79 mins

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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 1963 (1963-12-05 UTC)

THOR ABLESTAR R/B, 703

TRANSIT 5B-2, 704

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 706

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 715

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 753

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 2432

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 2620

TRANSIT 5B-2 DEB, 2930 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 5BN2-5E3 DEB *, 4586 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 5BN2-5E3 DEB *, 6182 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 5BN2-5E3 DEB *, 6283 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 5B-2 DEB, 25156

TRANSIT 5B-2 DEB, 42666 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 5E 3 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.
12 mins	2025-05-09 08:09:14.144Z	13.927° NNE	2025-05-09 08:15:14.144Z	99.914° ESE	38.907°	2025-05-09 08:21:14.144Z	164.457° S
9 mins	2025-05-09 09:57:14.144Z	327.643° NNW	2025-05-09 10:01:14.144Z	283.32° WNW	22.782°	2025-05-09 10:06:14.144Z	234.773° WSW
10 mins	2025-05-09 20:09:14.144Z	150.652° SSE	2025-05-09 20:13:14.144Z	95.518° ESE	38.605°	2025-05-09 20:19:14.144Z	9.414° NNE
8 mins	2025-05-09 21:57:14.144Z	240.354° WSW	2025-05-09 22:00:14.144Z	274.005° WNW	21.767°	2025-05-09 22:05:14.144Z	327.499° NNW

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