NORAD 8747
LES 9
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 8747
- International designator
- 1976-023B
- Launch date
- Mar 15, 1976
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
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Live
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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 Doppler-
Recent receptions
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Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-21 11:33:10 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 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 22.6° from the equator, between 35,672 and 35,915 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
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About LES 9
LES 9 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Mar 15, 1976 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 102°W, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Lincoln Experimental Satellite 9 · former American communications satellite
- Operated by
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, United States Air Force
- Built by
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- Mass
- 454 kg
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