OPS 0252

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite OPS 0252 at a glance.

Uptime

15596

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.9

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

63.3

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for OPS 0252.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: OPS 0252

International designator: 1983-008A

Object number (NORAD): 13791

Object ID (CCSDS): 13791

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 103.961 minutes

Inclination: 63.3055 deg

SMA: 7323.866 km

Apoapsis: 1462.637 km

Periapsis: 428.824 km

RAAN: 237.0823 deg

Eccentricy: 0.07057837

Argument of periapsis: 132.1825 deg

Mean anomaly: 234.141 deg

Mean motion: 13.85135335 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00004544 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00052500071 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:24 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 5:38 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 OPS 0252

TLE line 1: 1 13791U 83008A 25294.23518408 .00004544 00000-0 52500-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 13791 63.3055 237.0823 0705784 132.1825 234.1410 13.85135335 73162

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Real-time ground track for satellite OPS 0252.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

OPS 0252 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas H | Parcae 5A,B,C & MSD 5’, on board a Atlas H space rocket.

The launch took place on Feb. 9, 1983, 1:47 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.

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Launch to space Atlas H | Parcae 5A,B,C & MSD 5
Atlas H | Parcae 5A,B,C & MSD 5

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Feb. 9, 1983, 1:47 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Atlas H

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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