LDPE-1, 49818
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LDPE-1, 49818 is a payload satellite owned by AFRL/RV (US) in GEO that was launched on Tue, 07 Dec 2021 UTC via an ATLAS V 551 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
NGIS
Mission
Operational Defense Technology
Bus & Motor
ESPASTAR, Unknown motor
Mass
~500 kg wet, 500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cyl + 1 Pan, 1.8 m
Radar Cross Section
3.054 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago
TLE from 13 hours ago
0 LDPE-1
1 49818U 21118B 25258.58856264 .00000131 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
2 49818 3.0397 82.3227 0001051 164.1022 340.3485 1.00727091 13885Epoch: 2025-09-15T14:07Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-15T14:07:31.812Z)
Latitude
1.78609°
Longitude
20.12987°
Altitude
35,654.569 km
Speed
3.08 km/s
True Right ascension
15h 07m 12s
True Declination
1° 47' 03"
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
19:41:12
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,664.925 km
Perigee altitude
35,656.088 km
Semi-major axis
42,038.643 km
Eccentricity
0.00011
Inclination
3.0397°
RAAN
82.3227°
Arg. of periapsis
164.1022°
True anomaly
340.34445°
Mean anomaly
340.3485°
Eccentric anomaly
340.34647°
Mean motion
0.25181 °/min
Orbital period
1,429.66 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #118 in the year 2021 (2021-12-07 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.LDPE-1 Visibility
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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