Key statistics
Satellite USA 22 at a glance.
Uptime
13934
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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 22.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: USA 22
International designator: 1987-043A
Object number (NORAD): 17997
Object ID (CCSDS): 17997
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.804 minutes
Inclination: 63.292 deg
SMA: 7269.435 km
Apoapsis: 1428.885 km
Periapsis: 353.715 km
RAAN: 110.8333 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0739514
Argument of periapsis: 101.5003 deg
Mean anomaly: 266.9974 deg
Mean motion: 14.00721407 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013947 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0006826 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, 9:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 USA 22
TLE line 1: 1 17997U 87043A 25188.91019514 .00013947 00000-0 68260-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 17997 63.2920 110.8333 0739514 101.5003 266.9974 14.00721407 58041
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite USA 22.
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 22 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas H | Parcae 9A,B,C & MSD 9’, on board a Atlas H space rocket.
The launch took place on May 15, 1987, 3:45 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.
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Atlas H | Parcae 9A,B,C & MSD 9
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 15, 1987, 3:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas H
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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