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TANSTAAFL-2, 62378

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TANSTAAFL-2, 62378 is a payload satellite owned by True Anomaly (US) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 21 Dec 2024 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

62378, 2024-247B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

True Anomaly Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

True Anomaly

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

JACKAL, Unknown motor

Mass

275 kg wet, 275 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-12-21 (4 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 4.5 m

Radar Cross Section

1.240 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 TANSTAAFL-2
1 62378U 24247B   25117.82640598  .00015587  00000-0  68419-3 0  9990
2 62378  44.9967  33.6535 0001932 178.7326 181.3560 15.21843991 19525

Epoch: 2025-04-27T19:50Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-27T19:50:01.476Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-119.90188°

Altitude

501.605 km

Speed

7.615 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 14m 36s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

35.5933°

Longitude

-78.12136°

Altitude

502.82 km

Speed

7.618 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 04m 16s

Apparent Declination

0° 29' 37"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:16:03

Azimuth

27.035° NE

Elevation

-47.321°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

503.214 km

Perigee altitude

500.555 km

Semi-major axis

6,880.021 km

Eccentricity

0.0001932

Inclination

44.9967°

RAAN

33.6535°

Arg. of periapsis

178.7326°

True anomaly

181.35548°

Mean anomaly

181.356°

Eccentric anomaly

181.35574°

Mean motion

3.80328 °/min

BSTAR

0.00068419

Orbital period

94.66 mins

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Other satellites on launch #247 in the year 2024 (2024-12-21 UTC)

TANSTAAFL-2 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 21:13:42.437Z	216.617° SW	2025-04-28 21:16:42.437Z	163.945° S	32.408°	2025-04-28 21:19:42.437Z	83.342° E
6 mins	2025-04-28 22:53:42.437Z	271.809° WNW	2025-04-28 22:56:42.437Z	14.91° NNE	37.219°	2025-04-28 22:59:42.437Z	61.733° ENE
5 mins	2025-04-29 00:33:42.437Z	305.878° NW	2025-04-29 00:35:42.437Z	358.128° N	31.447°	2025-04-29 00:38:42.437Z	67.773° E
6 mins	2025-04-29 02:12:42.437Z	297.814° NW	2025-04-29 02:15:42.437Z	70.294° E	42.5°	2025-04-29 02:18:42.437Z	106.374° ESE
4 mins	2025-04-29 03:52:42.437Z	252.852° W	2025-04-29 03:54:42.437Z	205.386° SW	22.18°	2025-04-29 03:56:42.437Z	168.571° S

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