SSA

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SSA at a glance.

Uptime

15550

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.8

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 SSA.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: SSA

International designator: 1983-008E

Object number (NORAD): 13844

Object ID (CCSDS): 13844

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 104.681 minutes

Inclination: 63.3067 deg

SMA: 7357.641 km

Apoapsis: 1525.214 km

Periapsis: 433.799 km

RAAN: 89.4395 deg

Eccentricy: 0.07416879

Argument of periapsis: 129.9512 deg

Mean anomaly: 236.9138 deg

Mean motion: 13.75608475 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00006743 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00083271436 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, 10:07 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SSA

TLE line 1: 1 13844U 83008E 25248.92158568 .00006743 00000-0 83271-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 13844 63.3067 89.4395 0741688 129.9512 236.9138 13.75608475319717

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite SSA.

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.

SSA 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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