Key statistics
Satellite USA 25 at a glance.
Uptime
13934
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 25.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: USA 25
International designator: 1987-043H
Object number (NORAD): 18025
Object ID (CCSDS): 18025
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.186 minutes
Inclination: 63.2885 deg
SMA: 7334.453 km
Apoapsis: 1558.783 km
Periapsis: 353.853 km
RAAN: 237.5445 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0821418
Argument of periapsis: 96.572 deg
Mean anomaly: 272.9412 deg
Mean motion: 13.82137165 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007282 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00038631 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, 9:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 USA 25
TLE line 1: 1 18025U 87043H 25188.88206195 .00007282 00000-0 38631-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 18025 63.2885 237.5445 0821418 96.5720 272.9412 13.82137165304138
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Real-time ground track for satellite USA 25.
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 25 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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