Key statistics
Satellite THOR ABLESTAR R/B at a glance.
Uptime
23817
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: 99.666 minutes
Inclination: 66.6637 deg
SMA: 7120.712 km
Apoapsis: 900.457 km
Periapsis: 584.698 km
RAAN: 90.3513 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02217185
Argument of periapsis: 344.7632 deg
Mean anomaly: 14.6864 deg
Mean motion: 14.44832839 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000056 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014296781 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 THOR ABLESTAR R/B
TLE line 1: 1 00047U 60007C 25248.93641544 .00000560 00000-0 14297-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 00047 66.6637 90.3513 0221718 344.7632 14.6864 14.44832839409736
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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