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 | 1 week ago |
Origin | |
Manufacturer | TRW |
Mission status | Unknown |
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 |
Radar Cross Section | Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 1 week ago
0 VELA 1
1 00692U 63039C 24243.97226542 -.00000558 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999
2 00692 19.5921 37.9251 5936118 213.2807 359.3793 0.22154371 11724
Epoch: 2024-08-30T23:20Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-08-30T23:20:03.732Z)
Latitude | -9.08465° |
Longitude | -84.90685° |
Altitude | 41,888.462 km |
Speed | 3.614 km/s |
True Right ascension | 16h 18m 59s |
True Declination | -9° 04' 36" |
Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Predictive object data (real-time)
Latitude | 18.90749° |
Longitude | 142.41911° |
Altitude | 128,209.63 km |
Speed | 1.571 km/s |
Apparent Right ascension | 07h 25m 03s |
Apparent Declination | 16° 41' 08" |
Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Predictive observer data (real-time)
Local Sidereal Time | 17:59:10 |
Azimuth | 336.127° NNW |
Elevation | -29.965° |
Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
Apogee | 177,479.068 km |
Perigee | 40,507.434 km |
Semi-major axis | 115,371.388 km |
Eccentricity | 0.5936118 |
Inclination | 19.5921° |
RAAN | 37.9251° |
Arg. of periapsis | 213.2807° |
True anomaly | 356.97649° |
Mean anomaly | 359.3793° |
Eccentric anomaly | 358.47291° |
Mean motion | 0.05539 °/min |
BSTAR | Unknown |
Period | 6499.9 mins |
No data available
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: 39.9160978°, -105.1181434
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