Key statistics
Satellite USA 17 at a glance.
Uptime
14331
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 17.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: USA 17
International designator: 1986-014F
Object number (NORAD): 16625
Object ID (CCSDS): 16625
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.147 minutes
Inclination: 63.2961 deg
SMA: 7379.444 km
Apoapsis: 1608.612 km
Periapsis: 394.005 km
RAAN: 135.3929 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0822967
Argument of periapsis: 108.2293 deg
Mean anomaly: 261.0031 deg
Mean motion: 13.69516735 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005729 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00049629 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 10:29 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 USA 17
TLE line 1: 1 16625U 86014F 25125.43698483 .00005729 00000-0 49629-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 16625 63.2961 135.3929 0822967 108.2293 261.0031 13.69516735286870
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Real-time ground track for satellite USA 17.
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 17 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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