Key statistics
Satellite WESTFORD NEEDLES * at a glance.
Uptime
22765
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 11.3
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
88.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for WESTFORD NEEDLES *.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: WESTFORD NEEDLES *
International designator: 1963-014CF
Object number (NORAD): 3267
Object ID (CCSDS): 3267
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 126.992 minutes
Inclination: 88.3823 deg
SMA: 8369.061 km
Apoapsis: 3404.175 km
Periapsis: 577.678 km
RAAN: 113.9891 deg
Eccentricy: 0.16886584
Argument of periapsis: 356.619 deg
Mean anomaly: 2.4498 deg
Mean motion: 11.33933665 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000624 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0004434052 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 WESTFORD NEEDLES *
TLE line 1: 1 03267U 63014CF 25245.62703151 .00000624 00000-0 44341-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 03267 88.3823 113.9891 1688658 356.6190 2.4498 11.33933665509748
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite WESTFORD NEEDLES *.
Associated space launch
MIDAS Series 3 (Military Defense Alarm System) early warning satellite.
WESTFORD NEEDLES * was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas Agena B | Midas 7’, on board a Atlas Agena B space rocket.
The launch took place on May 9, 1963, 8:06 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.
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Atlas Agena B | Midas 7
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 9, 1963, 8:06 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas Agena B
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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