Key statistics
Satellite USA 22 at a glance.
Uptime
13995
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: 102.635 minutes
Inclination: 63.2922 deg
SMA: 7261.463 km
Apoapsis: 1412.403 km
Periapsis: 354.253 km
RAAN: 296.7083 deg
Eccentricy: 0.07286064
Argument of periapsis: 102.6815 deg
Mean anomaly: 265.6644 deg
Mean motion: 14.03028767 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00016377 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00079771269 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 USA 22
TLE line 1: 1 17997U 87043A 25249.61413971 .00016377 00000-0 79771-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 17997 63.2922 296.7083 0728606 102.6815 265.6644 14.03028767 66559
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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