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SPAWAR-CAL-O, 43766

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SPAWAR-CAL-O, 43766 is a payload satellite owned by SPAWAR (US) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 03 Dec 2018 UTC via an FALCON 9 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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Identifier

43766, 2018-099J

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

United States Navy (US)

Manufacturer

SPAWAR?

Mission

Operational Defense Calibration

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor

Mass

1 kg wet, 1 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-03 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.015 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 SPAWAR-CAL-O
1 43766U 18099J   25114.60130037  .00020869  00000-0  97607-3 0  9993
2 43766  97.4914 173.6941 0009880 333.5479  26.5250 15.19746634349655

Epoch: 2025-04-24T14:25Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-24T14:25:52.351Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

104.35559°

Altitude

503.607 km

Speed

7.616 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 34m 46s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

72.81768°

Longitude

79.93724°

Altitude

520.591 km

Speed

7.609 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 30m 18s

Apparent Declination

36° 20' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:12:07

Azimuth

344.032° N

Elevation

-11.652°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

510.375 km

Perigee altitude

496.776 km

Semi-major axis

6,881.713 km

Eccentricity

0.000988

Inclination

97.4914°

RAAN

173.6941°

Arg. of periapsis

333.5479°

True anomaly

26.57562°

Mean anomaly

26.525°

Eccentric anomaly

26.5503°

Mean motion

3.80188 °/min

BSTAR

0.00097607

Orbital period

94.69 mins

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Other satellites on launch #99 in the year 2018 (2018-12-03 UTC)

ORBWEAVER 2, 43785 (Decayed)

CAPELLA-1, 43791 (Decayed)

ESEO, 43792

CSIM, 43793

HAWK-B, 43794

ORBWEAVER 1, 43795 (Decayed)

SPAWAR-CAL-O 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.
6 mins	2025-04-25 16:16:43.958Z	31.904° NE	2025-04-25 16:19:43.958Z	92.045° ESE	30.294°	2025-04-25 16:22:43.958Z	161.736° S
5 mins	2025-04-26 04:29:43.958Z	213.177° SW	2025-04-26 04:31:43.958Z	266.544° W	27.614°	2025-04-26 04:34:43.958Z	325.63° NNW

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