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GHOST-3, 56958

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GHOST-3, 56958 is a payload satellite owned by Orbital Sidekick (US) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 12 Jun 2023 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

56958, 2023-084AC

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

13 hours ago

Origin

Orbital Sidekick (US)

Manufacturer

Astro Digital

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

CORVUS-XL, Unknown motor

Mass

85 kg wet, 85 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-06-12 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Dish, 2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.425 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 13 hours ago

0 GHOST-3
1 56958U 23084AC  25114.82450278  .00021469  00000-0  67957-3 0  9998
2 56958  97.5695 242.7837 0008285   2.7367 357.3919 15.32747619103643

Epoch: 2025-04-24T19:47Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-24T19:47:17.04Z)

Latitude

0.00005°

Longitude

92.8723°

Altitude

465.055 km

Speed

7.637 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 11m 08s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

51.81414°

Longitude

-76.89705°

Altitude

479.385 km

Speed

7.629 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 27m 44s

Apparent Declination

8° 06' 14"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:06:40

Azimuth

353.004° N

Elevation

-41.733°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

470.244 km

Perigee altitude

458.906 km

Semi-major axis

6,842.712 km

Eccentricity

0.0008285

Inclination

97.5695°

RAAN

242.7837°

Arg. of periapsis

2.7367°

True anomaly

357.38758°

Mean anomaly

357.3919°

Eccentric anomaly

357.38974°

Mean motion

3.83443 °/min

BSTAR

0.00067957

Orbital period

93.89 mins

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Other satellites on launch #84 in the year 2023 (2023-06-12 UTC)

FOSSASAT2E16 (FEROX), 56932 (Decayed)

BLACKJACK ACES-1, 56956

ION SCV-011, 56957

PHOTON-04, 56959 (Decayed)

NUSAT-42 (M WONENBURGER), 56966

MUSAT1, 56967 (Decayed)

NUSAT-43 (R DIENG-KUNTZ), 56968

SPACEBEE-179, 56969 (Decayed)

GHOST-3 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	2025-04-25 21:24:38.026Z	10.053° NNE	2025-04-25 21:27:38.026Z	332.496° NNW	44.353°	2025-04-25 21:30:38.026Z	196.427° SSW
4 mins	2025-04-26 07:58:38.026Z	119.055° SE	2025-04-26 08:00:38.026Z	63.145° ENE	25.928°	2025-04-26 08:02:38.026Z	17.755° NNE

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