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56166
· COSPAR
2023-050E
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ACTIVE
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Orbit:
#18171 @ 916 x 945 km x 80.998 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-11-05 09:34 UTC
·
43.2 h old
🌍 Orbit view · current predicted position
🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Longitude
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend:
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Current TLE
// onowactive
CHECKMATE 7
1 56166U 23050E 26309.39901482 .00000084 00000-0 60051-4 0 09998
2 56166 80.9980 294.8330 0020039 284.5927 75.3009 13.89453778181717
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
April 2nd 2023
Spacecraft age
3 years, 7 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
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Operator
Space Development Agency
Purpose
Technology Demonstration
Orbit class
LEO · Polar
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
York Space Systems
Launch mass
150
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
80.998°
Period
103.64
min
Perigee
916
km
Apogee
945
km
Eccentricity
0.0020039
RAAN
294.833°
Arg of Perigee
284.5927°
Mean Motion
13.89453778
rev/d