USA 58

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite USA 58 at a glance.

Uptime

12981

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.8

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

89.8

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for USA 58.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: USA 58

International designator: 1990-031C

Object number (NORAD): 20562

Object ID (CCSDS): 20562

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.567 minutes

Inclination: 89.8493 deg

SMA: 7020.392 km

Apoapsis: 688.413 km

Periapsis: 596.101 km

RAAN: 267.5648 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00657462

Argument of periapsis: 62.2355 deg

Mean anomaly: 298.5512 deg

Mean motion: 14.75912846 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001768 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00024610408 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:11 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 10:39 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 USA 58

TLE line 1: 1 20562U 90031C 25297.94413814 .00001768 00000-0 24610-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 20562 89.8493 267.5648 0065746 62.2355 298.5512 14.75912846 78944

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Associated space launch

POGS & SSR was a satellite designed to measure the Earth's magnetic field. TEX and SCE studied ionospheric effects on RF transmissions.

USA 58 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas E Altair | POGS & SSR, TEX, SCE’, on board a Atlas E Altair space rocket.

The launch took place on April 11, 1990, 3 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3W.

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Launch to space Atlas E Altair | POGS & SSR, TEX, SCE
Atlas E Altair | POGS & SSR, TEX, SCE

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: April 11, 1990, 3 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Atlas E Altair

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3W

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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