USA 141

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite USA 141 at a glance.

Uptime

9883

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

85.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for USA 141.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: USA 141

International designator: 1998-055C

Object number (NORAD): 25615

Object ID (CCSDS): 25615

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.515 minutes

Inclination: 84.985 deg

SMA: 7113.54 km

Apoapsis: 739.515 km

Periapsis: 731.296 km

RAAN: 148.3451 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0005777

Argument of periapsis: 261.6463 deg

Mean anomaly: 98.4083 deg

Mean motion: 14.47018454 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000534 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00014128 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:16 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 3:35 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 USA 141

TLE line 1: 1 25615U 98055C 25296.64956041 .00000534 00000-0 14128-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 25615 84.9850 148.3451 0005777 261.6463 98.4083 14.47018454339820

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In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.

USA 141 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Minotaur | NROL-8’, on board a Minotaur space rocket.

The launch took place on Oct. 3, 1998, 10:04 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 576E.

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Launch to space Minotaur | NROL-8
Minotaur | NROL-8

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Oct. 3, 1998, 10:04 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Minotaur

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 576E

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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