STARLINK-1679, 46557

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STARLINK-1679, 46557 is a payload satellite owned by SpaceX/Seattle (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 06 Oct 2020 UTC via an FALCON 9 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

46557, 2020-070AB

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

SpaceX (US)

Manufacturer

SpaceX/Seattle

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

STARLINK, Unknown motor

Mass

260 kg wet, ~248 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-10-06 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 8.86 m

Radar Cross Section

13.562 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 STARLINK-1679
1 46557U 20070AB  25119.17949616  .00002265  00000-0  17083-3 0  9994
2 46557  53.0542 132.8813 0001320  98.1223 261.9916 15.06409650252330

Epoch: 2025-04-29T04:18Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-29T04:18:28.468Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-149.12019°

Altitude

548.189 km

Speed

7.589 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 51m 31s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-31.82786°

Longitude

55.97568°

Altitude

557.491 km

Speed

7.582 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 52m 26s

Apparent Declination

-61° 07' 48"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:32:42

Azimuth

217.591° SW

Elevation

-38.803°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

548.367 km

Perigee altitude

546.539 km

Semi-major axis

6,925.59 km

Eccentricity

0.000132

Inclination

53.0542°

RAAN

132.8813°

Arg. of periapsis

98.1223°

True anomaly

261.97662°

Mean anomaly

261.9916°

Eccentric anomaly

261.98411°

Mean motion

3.76581 °/min

BSTAR

0.00017083

Orbital period

95.6 mins

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STARLINK-1679 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.
6 mins	2025-04-30 02:45:23.925Z	191.25° SSW	2025-04-30 02:48:23.925Z	130.402° SE	28.811°	2025-04-30 02:51:23.925Z	71.722° E
6 mins	2025-04-30 04:25:23.925Z	270.642° WNW	2025-04-30 04:27:23.925Z	313.252° NW	30.528°	2025-04-30 04:31:23.925Z	36.323° NE
6 mins	2025-04-30 09:27:23.925Z	334.791° NNW	2025-04-30 09:29:23.925Z	21.831° NNE	31.319°	2025-04-30 09:33:23.925Z	100.473° ESE
5 mins	2025-04-30 11:07:23.925Z	272.065° WNW	2025-04-30 11:09:23.925Z	219.284° SW	28.036°	2025-04-30 11:12:23.925Z	166.965° S

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