OPS 7202 (DMSP 4A F3), 2920
Orbit data source: Space-Track
OPS 7202 (DMSP 4A F3), 2920 is a payload satellite owned by SAMSO (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 23 Aug 1967 UTC via a THOR BURNER 2 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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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OPS 7202 (DMSP 4A F3) details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 23 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | RCA/East Windsor |
| Mission | Non-operational Defense Weather |
| Bus & Motor | DMSP BLOCK 4A, Unknown motor |
| Mass | 79 kg wet, 79 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Oct Cyl, 0.8 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 0.655 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²) |
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TLE from 23 hours ago
0 OPS 7202 (DMSP 4A F3)
1 02920U 67080A 25035.55218829 .00000184 00000-0 11584-3 0 9994
2 02920 98.6474 257.3383 0037781 345.1752 14.8311 14.15166265962313Epoch: 2025-02-04T13:15Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-02-04T13:15:09.068Z)
| Latitude | -0.00004° |
| Longitude | -76.40532° |
| Altitude | 818.289 km |
| Speed | 7.458 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 17h 09m 21s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 66.13744° |
| Longitude | 124.50513° |
| Altitude | 870.594 km |
| Speed | 7.414 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 03h 33m 36s |
| Apparent Declination | 21° 14' 32" |
| Sunlit | Object is in full shadow |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 13:53:27 |
| Azimuth | 334.305° NNW |
| Elevation | -24.533° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 866.175 km |
| Perigee altitude | 811.642 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,217.046 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0037781 |
| Inclination | 98.6474° |
| RAAN | 257.3383° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 345.1752° |
| True anomaly | 14.94243° |
| Mean anomaly | 14.8311° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 14.88671° |
| Mean motion | 3.54001 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00011584 |
| Orbital period | 101.69 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #80 in the year 1967 (1967-08-23 UTC)
| OPS 7202 (DMSP 4A F3), 2920 |
| THOR BURNER 2 R/B, 2940 |
OPS 7202 (DMSP 4A F3) 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. |
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| 5 mins | 2025-02-05 13:11:24.302Z | 87.819° E | 2025-02-05 13:13:24.302Z | 63.513° ENE | 15.235° | 2025-02-05 13:16:24.302Z | 28.078° NE |
| 9 mins | 2025-02-05 14:49:24.302Z | 176.2° S | 2025-02-05 14:53:24.302Z | 248.651° W | 43.131° | 2025-02-05 14:58:24.302Z | 340.994° N |
| 9 mins | 2025-02-06 03:10:24.302Z | 26.173° NE | 2025-02-06 03:14:24.302Z | 86.953° E | 39.182° | 2025-02-06 03:19:24.302Z | 176.07° S |
| 6 mins | 2025-02-06 04:52:24.302Z | 328.724° NNW | 2025-02-06 04:54:24.302Z | 302.604° NW | 19.396° | 2025-02-06 04:58:24.302Z | 253.53° W |
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