Key statistics
Satellite ATLAS H R/B at a glance.
Uptime
14448
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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 ATLAS H R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ATLAS H R/B
International designator: 1986-014B
Object number (NORAD): 16592
Object ID (CCSDS): 16592
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.824 minutes
Inclination: 63.3346 deg
SMA: 7364.354 km
Apoapsis: 1221.049 km
Periapsis: 751.388 km
RAAN: 263.873 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03188745
Argument of periapsis: 136.3227 deg
Mean anomaly: 226.353 deg
Mean motion: 13.73728197 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000092 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00075350048 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 10:40 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ATLAS H R/B
TLE line 1: 1 16592U 86014B 25242.44482464 .00000920 00000-0 75350-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 16592 63.3346 263.8730 0318875 136.3227 226.3530 13.73728197320290
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ATLAS H R/B.
Associated space launch
The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
ATLAS H R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas H | Parcae 8A,B,C & MSD 8’, on board a Atlas H space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 9, 1986, 10:06 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.
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Atlas H | Parcae 8A,B,C & MSD 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 9, 1986, 10:06 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas H
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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