Key statistics
Satellite USA 24 at a glance.
Uptime
13995
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 24.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: USA 24
International designator: 1987-043F
Object number (NORAD): 18010
Object ID (CCSDS): 18010
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.305 minutes
Inclination: 63.2951 deg
SMA: 7340.036 km
Apoapsis: 1562.88 km
Periapsis: 360.922 km
RAAN: 68.9771 deg
Eccentricy: 0.08187685
Argument of periapsis: 99.2959 deg
Mean anomaly: 270.1527 deg
Mean motion: 13.80560646 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00020627 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011689153 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, 9:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 USA 24
TLE line 1: 1 18010U 87043F 25249.87854113 .00020627 00000-0 11689-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 18010 63.2951 68.9771 0818769 99.2959 270.1527 13.80560646306257
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Real-time ground track for satellite USA 24.
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 24 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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