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HERMES-6, 63489

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HERMES-6, 63489 is a payload satellite owned by ASI (IT) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 15 Mar 2025 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

63489, 2025-052BK

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Italian Space Agency (IT)

Manufacturer

MILANP/INAFI

Mission

Operational Civil Astronomy

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

5 kg wet, 5 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-15 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 14 hours ago

TLE from 14 hours ago

0 HERMES-6
1 63489U 25052BK  26260.48411576  .00004183  00000-0  17580-3 0  9996
2 63489  97.3854 151.6323 0005514 189.2006 170.9132 15.23957632 83883

Epoch: 2026-09-17T11:37Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-17T11:37:07.601Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

-19.07007°

Altitude

500.756 km

Speed

7.612 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 06m 31s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

18:22:18

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

494.664 km

Perigee altitude

487.089 km

Semi-major axis

6,869.014 km

Eccentricity

0.00055

Inclination

97.3854°

RAAN

151.6323°

Arg. of periapsis

189.2006°

True anomaly

170.92317°

Mean anomaly

170.9132°

Eccentric anomaly

170.91819°

Mean motion

3.81243 °/min

Orbital period

94.43 mins

BSTAR

0.0001758

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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 2025 (2025-03-15 UTC)

OBJECT AF, 63239

LEMUR 2 THEFALCONER, 63264

OTP-2, 63235

OBJECT K, 63219

UNICORN-2P, 63981 (Decayed)

UNICORN-2Q, 63491 (Decayed)

OBJECT B, 63211

FIRESAT0, 63256

IOD1_STARTICAL, 63212

BUCCANEER MM, 63245

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HERMES-6 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.
6 mins	2026-09-18 05:30:48.499Z	20.422° NNE	2026-09-18 05:33:48.499Z	82.35° E	59.462°	2026-09-18 05:36:48.499Z	179.075° S
4 mins	2026-09-18 16:08:48.499Z	102.666° ESE	2026-09-18 16:09:48.499Z	81.033° E	21.801°	2026-09-18 16:12:48.499Z	21.209° NNE

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HERMES-6, 63489

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-17T11:37:07.601Z)

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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 2025 (2025-03-15 UTC)

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