Key statistics
Satellite DMSP 5D-3 F19 (USA 249) at a glance.
Uptime
4217
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for DMSP 5D-3 F19 (USA 249).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: DMSP 5D-3 F19 (USA 249)
International designator: 2014-015A
Object number (NORAD): 39630
Object ID (CCSDS): 39630
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.776 minutes
Inclination: 98.7761 deg
SMA: 7220.904 km
Apoapsis: 850.332 km
Periapsis: 835.205 km
RAAN: 290.7553 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00104748
Argument of periapsis: 171.0966 deg
Mean anomaly: 189.0395 deg
Mean motion: 14.14866437 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000307 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018131829 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 10:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DMSP 5D-3 F19 (USA 249)
TLE line 1: 1 39630U 14015A 25291.95101845 .00000307 00000-0 18132-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 39630 98.7761 290.7553 0010475 171.0966 189.0395 14.14866437595883
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DMSP 5D-3 F19 (USA 249).
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
DMSP-5D3 (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Block 5D3) is the eleventh and most recent version of the military meteorological satellites of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
DMSP 5D-3 F19 (USA 249) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas V 401 | DMSP-5D3 F19’, on board a Atlas V 401 space rocket.
The launch took place on April 3, 2014, 2:46 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.
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Atlas V 401 | DMSP-5D3 F19
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 3, 2014, 2:46 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas V 401
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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