OPS 4078 (DMSP 4B F2)

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite OPS 4078 (DMSP 4B F2) at a glance.

Uptime

20871

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for OPS 4078 (DMSP 4B F2).

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: OPS 4078 (DMSP 4B F2)

International designator: 1968-092A

Object number (NORAD): 3510

Object ID (CCSDS): 3510

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.828 minutes

Inclination: 98.5511 deg

SMA: 7175.966 km

Apoapsis: 819.563 km

Periapsis: 776.099 km

RAAN: 107.5005 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00302845

Argument of periapsis: 153.906 deg

Mean anomaly: 206.3655 deg

Mean motion: 14.28177568 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000295 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00013496343 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:31 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 OPS 4078 (DMSP 4B F2)

TLE line 1: 1 03510U 68092A 25346.31362160 .00000295 00000-0 13496-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 03510 98.5511 107.5005 0030285 153.9060 206.3655 14.28177568970574

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Associated space launch

DSAP-4B (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 4B) was the sixth version of the military meteorological satellites of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

OPS 4078 (DMSP 4B F2) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F2’, on board a Thor Burner 2 space rocket.

The launch took place on Oct. 23, 1968, 4:34 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 10W.

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Launch to space Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F2
Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F2

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Oct. 23, 1968, 4:34 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Thor Burner 2

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 10W

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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