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ORS 5 SENSORSAT, 42921

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ORS 5 SENSORSAT, 42921 is a payload satellite owned by DoD ORS (US) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 26 Aug 2017 UTC via an MINOTAUR IV 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

42921, 2017-050A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

MIT-LL

Mission

Operational Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

ORS-5, Unknown motor

Mass

~110 kg wet, ~110 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-08-26 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

MINOTAUR IV

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.5 m

Radar Cross Section

1.080 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 ORS 5 SENSORSAT
1 42921U 17050A   25186.55245323  .00002426  00000-0  12850-3 0  9995
2 42921   0.0472 206.2409 0010750 299.1459 214.6832 14.99078362429457

Epoch: 2025-07-05T13:15Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T13:15:31.959Z)

Latitude

0.02098°

Longitude

-122.67194°

Altitude

572.727 km

Speed

7.575 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 00m 00s

True Declination

0° 01' 15"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.03606°

Longitude

30.44905°

Altitude

559.142 km

Speed

7.589 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 12m 57s

Apparent Declination

-40° 43' 35"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:04:26

Azimuth

235.603° WSW

Elevation

-23.394°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

583.566 km

Perigee altitude

568.614 km

Semi-major axis

6,954.227 km

Eccentricity

0.00108

Inclination

0.0472°

RAAN

206.2409°

Arg. of periapsis

299.1459°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

214.6832°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.74257 °/min

Orbital period

96.19 mins

BSTAR

0.0001285

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Other satellites on launch #50 in the year 2017 (2017-08-26 UTC)

MINOTAUR DEB, 42922 (Decayed)

MINOTAUR DEB, 42923 (Decayed)

MINOTAUR DEB, 42924 (Decayed)

MINOTAUR R/B, 42925

MINOTAUR DEB, 42926 (Decayed)

MINOTAUR R/B, 42927 (Decayed)

ORS 5 SENSORSAT Visibility

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

ORS 5 SENSORSAT is likely not visible in the next few days

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