Key statistics
Satellite USA 24 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 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: 104.514 minutes
Inclination: 63.298 deg
SMA: 7349.835 km
Apoapsis: 1583.28 km
Periapsis: 360.12 km
RAAN: 41.2274 deg
Eccentricy: 0.08321
Argument of periapsis: 97.0024 deg
Mean anomaly: 272.6296 deg
Mean motion: 13.77800666 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00074212 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, 9:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 USA 24
TLE line 1: 1 18010U 87043F 25129.88016907 .00013008 00000-0 74212-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 18010 63.2980 41.2274 0832100 97.0024 272.6296 13.77800666289700
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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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