GGSE 2, 1244
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GGSE 2, 1244 is an American payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Tue, 09 Mar 1965 UTC via a THOR SLV-2 AGENA D 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
NRL
Mission
Spacecraft
Bus & Motor
NRL 24", Unknown motor
Mass
55 kg wet, 55 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Unknown
Radar Cross Section
Medium (>0.1 m² and <1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago
TLE from 7 hours ago
0 GGSE 2
1 1244U 65016B 26038.46145852 .00000078 00000-0 94807-4 0 9990
2 1244 70.0787 102.6647 0023839 260.4438 99.3974 13.96136874 99951Epoch: 2026-02-07T11:04Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-07T11:04:30.016Z)
Latitude
-0.00004°
Longitude
158.95497°
Altitude
912.397 km
Speed
7.395 km/s
True Right ascension
06h 50m 39s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
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
20:07:23
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
922.601 km
Perigee altitude
887.875 km
Semi-major axis
7,283.375 km
Eccentricity
0.00238
Inclination
70.0787°
RAAN
102.6647°
Arg. of periapsis
260.4438°
True anomaly
99.66678°
Mean anomaly
99.3974°
Eccentric anomaly
99.5321°
Mean motion
3.49176 °/min
Orbital period
103.1 mins
BSTAR
0.000094807
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Other satellites on launch #16 in the year 1965 (1965-03-09 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.GGSE 2 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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| 8 mins | 2026-02-08 04:23:23.845Z | 146.584° SSE | 2026-02-08 04:27:23.845Z | 99.847° ESE | 21.317° | 2026-02-08 04:31:23.845Z | 55.033° ENE |
| 9 mins | 2026-02-08 06:08:23.845Z | 228.581° WSW | 2026-02-08 06:12:23.845Z | 296.955° NW | 38.693° | 2026-02-08 06:17:23.845Z | 12.714° NNE |
| 5 mins | 2026-02-08 13:26:23.845Z | 27.733° NE | 2026-02-08 13:28:23.845Z | 50.539° ENE | 15.347° | 2026-02-08 13:31:23.845Z | 81.474° E |
| 10 mins | 2026-02-08 15:10:23.845Z | 336.457° NNW | 2026-02-08 15:14:23.845Z | 359.452° N | 44.924° | 2026-02-08 15:20:23.845Z | 156.629° SSE |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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