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ASTRANIS UTILITYSAT, 62454

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ASTRANIS UTILITYSAT, 62454 is a payload satellite owned by Astranis (UK) in HEO that was launched on Sun, 29 Dec 2024 UTC via an FALCON 9 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

62454, 2024-252A

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

2 days ago

Origin

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. (UK)

Manufacturer

Astranis

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

MICROGEO, EP

Mass

400 kg wet, 400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-12-29 (4 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 22 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

41.175 m²

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TLE from 2 days ago

0 ASTRANIS UTILITYSAT
1 62454U 24252A   25113.04095444 -.00000474  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 62454   8.7154 347.5382 7468897 203.0384  86.9709  1.01778879  1209

Epoch: 2025-04-23T00:58Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-23T00:58:58.463Z)

Latitude

-0.00015°

Longitude

121.28536°

Altitude

52,308.563 km

Speed

2.009 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 09m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 01"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

2.46875°

Longitude

137.56166°

Altitude

65,011.526 km

Speed

1.272 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 11m 12s

Apparent Declination

0° 45' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:22:16

Azimuth

341.044° N

Elevation

-49.28°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

66,556.17 km

Perigee altitude

4,189.459 km

Semi-major axis

41,750.951 km

Eccentricity

0.7468897

Inclination

8.7154°

RAAN

347.5382°

Arg. of periapsis

203.0384°

True anomaly

156.59883°

Mean anomaly

86.9709°

Eccentric anomaly

122.90091°

Mean motion

0.25442 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1415.01 mins

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