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ARCTIC WEATHER SATELLITE, 60543

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARCTIC WEATHER SATELLITE, 60543 is a payload satellite owned by ESA (NO) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 16 Aug 2024 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

60543, 2024-149CD

Orbit

SSO

Country

NO / NOR

Related business

European Space Agency (FR)

Manufacturer

OHB-SE

Mission

Operational Civil Earth Obs Sci

Bus & Motor

INNOSAT, Unknown motor

Mass

125 kg wet, ~120 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-08-16 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2.7 m

Radar Cross Section

2.380 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 ARCTIC WEATHER SATELLITE
1 60543U 24149CD  26260.16912408  .00000485  00000-0  56151-4 0  9994
2 60543  97.6718 327.9644 0002979 136.9814 223.1637 14.89812249112996

Epoch: 2026-09-17T04:03Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-17T04:03:32.320Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-89.03048°

Altitude

603.08 km

Speed

7.557 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 51m 51s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

07:20:20

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

597.617 km

Perigee altitude

593.462 km

Semi-major axis

6,973.676 km

Eccentricity

0.0003

Inclination

97.6718°

RAAN

327.9644°

Arg. of periapsis

136.9814°

True anomaly

223.14035°

Mean anomaly

223.1637°

Eccentric anomaly

223.15203°

Mean motion

3.72692 °/min

Orbital period

96.59 mins

BSTAR

0.000056151

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Other satellites on launch #149 in the year 2024 (2024-08-16 UTC)

QUBE, 60476

PICO-02C023, 60564 (Decayed)

ICEYE-X33, 60548

LEMUR 2 TOMATOKECHUP, 60471

BRO-14, 60551

HAWK-10A, 60540

LEMU-NGE, 60532

SATORO-T2, 60477 (Decayed)

OBJECT BP, 60529 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4BE 26, 60484 (Decayed)

NUSAT-50 (NANCY ROMAN), 60493

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ARCTIC WEATHER SATELLITE 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.
8 mins	2026-09-17 17:30:38.237Z	11.546° NNE	2026-09-17 17:34:38.237Z	347° N	84.218°	2026-09-17 17:38:38.237Z	194.473° SSW
6 mins	2026-09-18 04:22:38.237Z	146.581° SSE	2026-09-18 04:25:38.237Z	51.53° ENE	54.732°	2026-09-18 04:28:38.237Z	358.852° N

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ARCTIC WEATHER SATELLITE, 60543

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 11 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-17T04:03:32.320Z)

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Other satellites on launch #149 in the year 2024 (2024-08-16 UTC)

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