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ARCTURUS, 56371

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARCTURUS, 56371 is a payload satellite owned by Astranis (US) in GEO that was launched on Mon, 01 May 2023 UTC via an FALCON HEAVY 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

56371, 2023-060B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. (US)

Manufacturer

Astranis

Mission

Partially operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

MICROGEO, EP

Mass

400 kg wet, 400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-05-01 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON HEAVY

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

6.811 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 ARCTURUS
1 56371U 23060B   25118.23645236 -.00000223  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 56371   1.7066  85.0655 0000824  23.3848 112.2730  1.00270370  7288

Epoch: 2025-04-28T05:40Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T05:40:29.483Z)

Latitude

1.17829°

Longitude

-80.83699°

Altitude

35,787.66 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 42m 57s

True Declination

1° 10' 38"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.79844°

Longitude

-8.14072°

Altitude

35,790.052 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 45m 57s

Apparent Declination

-7° 02' 02"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:56:44

Azimuth

145.395° SSE

Elevation

36.715°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,791.535 km

Perigee altitude

35,784.586 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.198 km

Eccentricity

0.0000824

Inclination

1.7066°

RAAN

85.0655°

Arg. of periapsis

23.3848°

True anomaly

112.28174°

Mean anomaly

112.273°

Eccentric anomaly

112.27737°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.17 mins

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FALCON HEAVY R/B, 56373

ARCTURUS 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.
1440 mins	2025-04-28 10:30:36.760Z	145.406° SSE	2025-04-29 02:40:36.760Z	143.831° SSE	32.264°	2025-04-29 10:30:36.760Z	145.428° SSE

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