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NUVIEW ALPHA, 62455

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NUVIEW ALPHA, 62455 is a UK payload satellite 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

62455, 2024-252B

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 NUVIEW ALPHA
1 62455U 24252B   25113.57264507 -.00000315  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 62455   2.6281 330.1567 5174909 216.4423  25.8546  0.79187969  1114

Epoch: 2025-04-23T13:44Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-23T13:44:36.534Z)

Latitude

-2.38404°

Longitude

-155.08015°

Altitude

25,662.844 km

Speed

4.099 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 31m 42s

True Declination

-2° 22' 51"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

1.62229°

Longitude

-50.22799°

Altitude

68,599.723 km

Speed

1.599 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 43m 38s

Apparent Declination

-1° 26' 25"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:30:27

Azimuth

68.278° E

Elevation

-25.917°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

68,513.714 km

Perigee altitude

17,434.855 km

Semi-major axis

49,352.422 km

Eccentricity

0.5174909

Inclination

2.6281°

RAAN

330.1567°

Arg. of periapsis

216.4423°

True anomaly

76.3646°

Mean anomaly

25.8546°

Eccentric anomaly

47.82987°

Mean motion

0.19796 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1818.54 mins

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NUVIEW ALPHA Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
577 mins	2025-04-25 13:56:21.047Z	100.236° ESE	2025-04-25 20:09:21.047Z	141.276° SSE	32.379°	2025-04-25 23:33:21.047Z	113.58° SE

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