Key statistics
Satellite USA 17 at a glance.
Uptime
14394
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: 105.084 minutes
Inclination: 63.3006 deg
SMA: 7376.507 km
Apoapsis: 1601.779 km
Periapsis: 394.966 km
RAAN: 322.7406 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0818011
Argument of periapsis: 109.4118 deg
Mean anomaly: 259.7126 deg
Mean motion: 13.70334493 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006172 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00053716 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 7:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 USA 17
TLE line 1: 1 16625U 86014F 25188.79882308 .00006172 00000-0 53716-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 16625 63.3006 322.7406 0818011 109.4118 259.7126 13.70334493295552
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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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