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BLUE GHOST, 62716 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BLUE GHOST, 62716 was a payload satellite owned by Firefly (US) in HEO that was launched on Wed, 15 Jan 2025 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

62716, 2025-010A

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

3 months ago

Origin

Firefly Aerospace (US)

Manufacturer

Firefly

Mission

Decayed Commercial Planetary

Bus & Motor

BLUE GHOST, Unknown motor

Mass

~1,500 kg wet, 469 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-01-15 (3 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 4 Leg, 3.5 m

Radar Cross Section

13.125 m²

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TLE from 3 months ago

0 BLUE GHOST
1 62716U 25010A   25015.29938097 -.00032000  26295-4  00000-0 0  9994
2 62716  35.0400 359.0739 9608400 346.4200   0.0135  0.12641706    04

Epoch: 2025-01-15T07:11Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-01-15T07:11:06.515Z)

Latitude

27.93165°

Longitude

-94.20469°

Altitude

41,607.797 km

Speed

3.773 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 34m 15s

True Declination

27° 54' 38"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

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No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

322,465.897 km

Perigee altitude

189.218 km

Semi-major axis

167,705.694 km

Eccentricity

0.96084

Inclination

35.04°

RAAN

359.0739°

Arg. of periapsis

346.42°

True anomaly

2.42466°

Mean anomaly

0.0135°

Eccentric anomaly

0.3427°

Mean motion

0.0316 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

11391.5 mins

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Other satellites on launch #10 in the year 2025 (2025-01-15 UTC)

HAKUTO-R, 62717

FALCON 9 DEB, 62718

FALCON 9 R/B, 62719

BLUE GHOST 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.
313 mins	2025-04-16 04:44:07.235Z	183.958° SSW	2025-04-16 04:44:07.235Z	183.958° SSW	39.528°	2025-04-16 09:57:07.235Z	268.105° W
319 mins	2025-04-16 23:25:07.235Z	93.604° ESE	2025-04-17 04:42:07.235Z	180.119° SSW	38.848°	2025-04-17 04:44:07.235Z	180.97° SSW

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