LES 8, 8746
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LES 8, 8746 is a payload satellite owned by SAMSO (US) in GEO that was launched on Mon, 15 Mar 1976 UTC via a TITAN IIIC 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
MIT-LL
Mission
Non-operational spacecraft
Bus & Motor
LES, Unknown motor
Mass
420 kg wet, 366 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Unknown
Radar Cross Section
Large (>1 m²)
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TLE from 1 day ago
0 LES 8
1 08746U 76023A 25305.30458240 -.00000108 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
2 08746 21.9768 39.9426 0033312 153.2309 214.5487 1.00273476127403Epoch: 2025-11-01T07:18Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-01T07:18:35.919Z)
Latitude
2.82919°
Longitude
-103.5543°
Altitude
35,901.982 km
Speed
3.066 km/s
True Right ascension
03h 07m 43s
True Declination
2° 49' 35"
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
03:01:22
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,927.432 km
Perigee altitude
35,646.511 km
Semi-major axis
42,165.109 km
Eccentricity
0.00333
Inclination
21.9768°
RAAN
39.9426°
Arg. of periapsis
153.2309°
True anomaly
214.33296°
Mean anomaly
214.5487°
Eccentric anomaly
214.44076°
Mean motion
0.25068 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.11 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #23 in the year 1976 (1976-03-15 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.LES 8 Visibility forecast
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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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| 1440 mins | 2025-11-02 07:14:34.473Z | 177.406° S | 2025-11-02 12:42:34.473Z | 174.095° S | 43.008° | 2025-11-03 07:14:34.473Z | 177.505° S |
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