SOLRAD 7A, 730
Orbit data source: Space-Track
SOLRAD 7A, 730 is an American payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Sat, 11 Jan 1964 UTC via a THOR SLV-2A AGENA D launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets 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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SOLRAD 7A details
Identifier | |
Orbit | LEO |
Last TLE update | 17 hours ago |
Origin | |
Manufacturer | NRL |
Mission status | Unknown |
Mission | Civil Astronomy |
Bus & Motor | NRL 24", Unknown motor |
Mass | 40 kg wet, 40 kg dry |
Launch date (UTC) | |
Launch vehicle | |
Launch site | |
Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
Radar Cross Section | 0.44 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²) |
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TLE from 17 hours ago
0 SOLRAD 7A
1 00730U 64001D 24251.35844876 .00000271 00000-0 23689-3 0 9991
2 00730 69.9042 228.0215 0012211 155.9790 311.9272 13.95877657970239
Epoch: 2024-09-07T08:36Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-09-07T08:36:09.972Z)
Latitude | 63.50642° |
Longitude | -114.8386° |
Altitude | 912.476 km |
Speed | 7.405 km/s |
True Right ascension | 00h 04m 28s |
True Declination | 63° 22' 18" |
Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Predictive object data (real-time)
Latitude | 60.56423° |
Longitude | -109.64043° |
Altitude | 911.292 km |
Speed | 7.406 km/s |
Apparent Right ascension | 03h 43m 37s |
Apparent Declination | 19° 25' 33" |
Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Predictive observer data (real-time)
Local Sidereal Time | 17:59:18 |
Azimuth | 34.799° NE |
Elevation | -22.756° |
Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
Apogee | 915.053 km |
Perigee | 897.263 km |
Semi-major axis | 7,284.295 km |
Eccentricity | 0.0012211 |
Inclination | 69.9042° |
RAAN | 228.0215° |
Arg. of periapsis | 155.979° |
True anomaly | 311.82299° |
Mean anomaly | 311.9272° |
Eccentric anomaly | 311.8751° |
Mean motion | 3.4911 °/min |
BSTAR | 0.00023689 |
Period | 103.12 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #1 in the year 1964 (1964-01-11 UTC)
THOR AGENA D R/B, 727 |
GGSE 1 (GGRS), 728 |
SECOR 1B, 729 |
SOLRAD 7A, 730 |
GREB, 731 |
SOLRAD 7A Visibility forecast
Observer location: 39.9160978°, -105.1181434
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