OBJECT A, 60468

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OBJECT A, 60468 is a satellite in SSO that was launched on Fri, 16 Aug 2024 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Unknown objects in Earth's orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earth's gravity.

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Identifier

60468, 2024-149A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

PLAN (TBD)

Manufacturer

Planet

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

5.7 kg wet, 5.7 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-08-16 (8 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 OBJECT A
1 60468U 24149A   25117.93296082  .00013585  00000-0  55331-3 0  9991
2 60468  97.4085 195.8371 0002528 234.0912 126.0091 15.24598513 38622

Epoch: 2025-04-27T22:23Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-27T22:23:27.814Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

3.81698°

Altitude

496.109 km

Speed

7.616 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 03m 20s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-72.27503°

Longitude

160.58181°

Altitude

517.034 km

Speed

7.605 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 42m 55s

Apparent Declination

-72° 08' 39"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:07:17

Azimuth

168.584° S

Elevation

-56.117°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

490.687 km

Perigee altitude

487.215 km

Semi-major axis

6,867.088 km

Eccentricity

0.0002528

Inclination

97.4085°

RAAN

195.8371°

Arg. of periapsis

234.0912°

True anomaly

126.03253°

Mean anomaly

126.0091°

Eccentric anomaly

126.02082°

Mean motion

3.81403 °/min

BSTAR

0.00055331

Orbital period

94.39 mins

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Other satellites on launch #149 in the year 2024 (2024-08-16 UTC)

FLOCK 4BE 17, 60492

NUSAT-50 (NANCY ROMAN), 60493

NUSAT-48 (H. LEAVITT), 60498

FLOCK 4BE 30, 60499

NUSAT-49(K.VON NEUMANN), 60500

OBJECT A 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	2025-04-28 17:51:38.384Z	20.491° NNE	2025-04-28 17:54:38.384Z	132.142° SE	41.429°	2025-04-28 17:57:38.384Z	183.207° SSW
4 mins	2025-04-29 04:28:38.384Z	108.946° ESE	2025-04-29 04:30:38.384Z	62.245° ENE	21.424°	2025-04-29 04:32:38.384Z	23.101° NE

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