Key statistics
Satellite DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210) at a glance.
Uptime
5800
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210)
International designator: 2009-057A
Object number (NORAD): 35951
Object ID (CCSDS): 35951
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.789 minutes
Inclination: 98.8683 deg
SMA: 7221.516 km
Apoapsis: 851.345 km
Periapsis: 835.417 km
RAAN: 223.1975 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00110278
Argument of periapsis: 353.3523 deg
Mean anomaly: 6.7502 deg
Mean motion: 14.14686477 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000525 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029593476 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 5:26 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210)
TLE line 1: 1 35951U 09057A 25246.22651543 .00000525 00000-0 29593-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 35951 98.8683 223.1975 0011028 353.3523 6.7502 14.14686477819019
Live tracking on map
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In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The Defence Metoerological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic and solar-terrestrial physics for the Department of Defence, managed by Air Force Space Command and operated by NOAA.
DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas V 401 | DMSP-5D3 F18 (USA-210)’, on board a Atlas V 401 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 18, 2009, 4:12 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.
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Atlas V 401 | DMSP-5D3 F18 (USA-210)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 18, 2009, 4:12 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas V 401
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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