NORAD 62378
TANSTAAFL-2
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Speed
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From your location
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 62378
- International designator
- 2024-247B
- Launch date
- Dec 21, 2024
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 2,205.000 MHz · BPSK2,282.500 MHz · QPSK15,500.000 MHz · FM
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25,600.000 MHz · DVB-S2 - Beacon
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- Mode
- BPSK, DVB-S2, FM, QPSK
Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for DopplerMode S - BPSK 196.8 kbps
Transmitter · BPSK
- Downlink
- 2,205.000 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 196,800
Mode S - QPSK 131 kbps - (OUTSIDE US)
Transmitter · QPSK
- Downlink
- 2,282.500 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 131,000
Mode Ku - Radar
Transmitter · FM
- Downlink
- 15,500.000 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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Recent receptions
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Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-25 22:35:30 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 94 minutes, on an orbit tilted 45.0° from the equator, between 253,836 and 255,559 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About TANSTAAFL-2
TANSTAAFL-2 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Dec 21, 2024 from Air Force Western Test Range.
It circles Earth every 94 minutes (15.3 times a day), between 470 and 472 km up, on an orbit tilted 45.0° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 45° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 14 days its lowest point went from 470 km to 470 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.