Key statistics
Satellite USA 16 at a glance.
Uptime
14553
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 USA 16.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: USA 16
International designator: 1986-014E
Object number (NORAD): 16624
Object ID (CCSDS): 16624
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.096 minutes
Inclination: 63.2987 deg
SMA: 7377.062 km
Apoapsis: 1596.636 km
Periapsis: 401.217 km
RAAN: 266.3405 deg
Eccentricy: 0.08102269
Argument of periapsis: 112.801 deg
Mean anomaly: 256.0652 deg
Mean motion: 13.70180094 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000678 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00062701518 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5:20 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 USA 16
TLE line 1: 1 16624U 86014E 25346.22286440 .00006780 00000-0 62702-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 16624 63.2987 266.3405 0810227 112.8010 256.0652 13.70180094323316
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite USA 16.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
USA 16 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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