Key statistics
Satellite GB 3 at a glance.
Uptime
15316
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 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GB 3
International designator: 1983-056G
Object number (NORAD): 14180
Object ID (CCSDS): 14180
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.489 minutes
Inclination: 63.3052 deg
SMA: 7348.626 km
Apoapsis: 1533.859 km
Periapsis: 407.123 km
RAAN: 264.2949 deg
Eccentricy: 0.076663
Argument of periapsis: 124.7436 deg
Mean anomaly: 242.826 deg
Mean motion: 13.78140654 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007473 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00071123 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 5:20 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 14, 2025, 2:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GB 3
TLE line 1: 1 14180U 83056G 25134.59833361 .00007473 00000-0 71123-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 14180 63.3052 264.2949 0766630 124.7436 242.8260 13.78140654303982
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GB 3.
Associated space launch
The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
GB 3 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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