Key statistics
Satellite THOR ABLESTAR R/B at a glance.
Uptime
23756
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
66.7
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for THOR ABLESTAR R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: THOR ABLESTAR R/B
International designator: 1960-007C
Object number (NORAD): 47
Object ID (CCSDS): 47
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.672 minutes
Inclination: 66.6643 deg
SMA: 7121.021 km
Apoapsis: 896.863 km
Periapsis: 588.908 km
RAAN: 255.0531 deg
Eccentricy: 0.021623
Argument of periapsis: 29.9606 deg
Mean anomaly: 331.3669 deg
Mean motion: 14.44738998 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000181 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000063391 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 THOR ABLESTAR R/B
TLE line 1: 1 00047U 60007C 25187.60397843 .00000181 00000-0 63391-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 00047 66.6643 255.0531 0216230 29.9606 331.3669 14.44738998400878
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite THOR ABLESTAR R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object THOR ABLESTAR R/B.
Associated space launch
The Transit system was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The system was primarily used by the U.S. Navy to provide accurate location information to its Polaris ballistic missile submarines, and it was also used as a navigation system by the Navy's surface ships, as well as for hydrographic survey and geodetic surveying.
THOR ABLESTAR R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 2A’, on board a Thor DM-21 Ablestar space rocket.
The launch took place on June 22, 1960, 5:54 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 17B.
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 2A
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 22, 1960, 5:54 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Thor DM-21 Ablestar
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 17B
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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