SSB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SSB 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 SSB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: SSB

International designator: 1983-008F

Object number (NORAD): 13845

Object ID (CCSDS): 13845

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 104.625 minutes

Inclination: 63.3056 deg

SMA: 7355.025 km

Apoapsis: 1519.093 km

Periapsis: 434.686 km

RAAN: 80.0296 deg

Eccentricy: 0.07371882

Argument of periapsis: 130.6911 deg

Mean anomaly: 236.0622 deg

Mean motion: 13.76342637 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000711 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00088144818 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, 8:56 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SSB

TLE line 1: 1 13845U 83008F 25248.87265935 .00007110 00000-0 88145-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 13845 63.3056 80.0296 0737188 130.6911 236.0622 13.76342637305737

Live tracking on map

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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.

SSB 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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