OPS 8068

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite OPS 8068 at a glance.

Uptime

22011

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.4

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for OPS 8068.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: OPS 8068

International designator: 1965-072A

Object number (NORAD): 1580

Object ID (CCSDS): 1580

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.735 minutes

Inclination: 98.3934 deg

SMA: 7171.561 km

Apoapsis: 957.311 km

Periapsis: 629.541 km

RAAN: 146.0319 deg

Eccentricy: 0.02285207

Argument of periapsis: 231.7411 deg

Mean anomaly: 126.3014 deg

Mean motion: 14.29493478 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000772 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0002426959 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 6:24 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 14, 2025, 7:52 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 OPS 8068

TLE line 1: 1 01580U 65072A 25348.32797672 .00000772 00000-0 24270-3 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 01580 98.3934 146.0319 0228521 231.7411 126.3014 14.29493478106606

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In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

The DSAP-2 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 2) satellites series consisted of three modified DSAP-1 military meteorological satellites.

OPS 8068 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F1’, on board a Thor Burner 1 space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 10, 1965, 4:41 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 10W.

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Launch to space Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F1
Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F1

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 10, 1965, 4:41 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Thor Burner 1

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 10W

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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