Key statistics
Satellite OPS 6431 at a glance.
Uptime
17965
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
63.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OPS 6431.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OPS 6431
International designator: 1976-038A
Object number (NORAD): 8818
Object ID (CCSDS): 8818
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.49 minutes
Inclination: 63.3553 deg
SMA: 7301.727 km
Apoapsis: 1212.46 km
Periapsis: 634.724 km
RAAN: 321.2855 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0395616
Argument of periapsis: 177.8049 deg
Mean anomaly: 182.4861 deg
Mean motion: 13.91439644 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000277 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016345 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OPS 6431
TLE line 1: 1 08818U 76038A 25187.60592776 .00000277 00000-0 16345-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 08818 63.3553 321.2855 0395616 177.8049 182.4861 13.91439644 59136
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OPS 6431.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Parcae 1A, B and C were passive ELINT satellites. MSD 1 was a dispenser of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
OPS 6431 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas F/MSD | Parcae 1A,B,C & MSD 1’, on board a Atlas F/MSD space rocket.
The launch took place on April 30, 1976, 7:12 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3W.
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Atlas F/MSD | Parcae 1A,B,C & MSD 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 30, 1976, 7:12 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas F/MSD
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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