Key statistics
Satellite USA 23 at a glance.
Uptime
13875
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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 23.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: USA 23
International designator: 1987-043E
Object number (NORAD): 18009
Object ID (CCSDS): 18009
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.473 minutes
Inclination: 63.2945 deg
SMA: 7347.911 km
Apoapsis: 1578.565 km
Periapsis: 360.988 km
RAAN: 41.1658 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0828519
Argument of periapsis: 97.4109 deg
Mean anomaly: 272.1756 deg
Mean motion: 13.7834174 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013338 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000767 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 7:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 USA 23
TLE line 1: 1 18009U 87043E 25129.82420073 .00013338 00000-0 76700-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 18009 63.2945 41.1658 0828519 97.4109 272.1756 13.78341740289701
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Real-time ground track for satellite USA 23.
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 23 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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