Key statistics
Satellite GB 2 at a glance.
Uptime
15477
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 GB 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GB 2
International designator: 1983-056D
Object number (NORAD): 14144
Object ID (CCSDS): 14144
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.596 minutes
Inclination: 63.3097 deg
SMA: 7353.673 km
Apoapsis: 1525.184 km
Periapsis: 425.892 km
RAAN: 194.0923 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0747444
Argument of periapsis: 127.8778 deg
Mean anomaly: 239.2313 deg
Mean motion: 13.76722135 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004426 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00051406 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 7:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GB 2
TLE line 1: 1 14144U 83056D 25294.80339809 .00004426 00000-0 51406-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 14144 63.3097 194.0923 0747444 127.8778 239.2313 13.76722135323101
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GB 2.
Associated space launch
The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
GB 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas H | Parcae 6A,B,C & MSD 6’, on board a Atlas H space rocket.
The launch took place on June 9, 1983, 11:23 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.
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Atlas H | Parcae 6A,B,C & MSD 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 9, 1983, 11:23 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas H
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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