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WGS F8 (USA 272)

NORAD 41879 · 2016-075A

PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN

§ Identity

Operator
Country
US
Launch date
2016-12-07
Launch site
AFETR
Launch vehicle
Mass (kg)
RCS (m²)

Purposes: comms

External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter

§ Orbital elements

Epoch: 2026-05-25T05:02:38.473728Z

Period
1,436.02 min
Inclination
0.0093°
Eccentricity
0.0000534
Mean motion
1.00277359 rev/d
Perigee alt
35,782.8 km
Apogee alt
35,787.3 km
Semi-major
42,163.2 km
B*
0.0000e+0
RAAN
340.0703°
Arg perigee
4.2006°
Mean anomaly
124.0068°
Rev number
3,459

§ Raw data

WGS F8 (USA 272)1 41879U 16075A   26145.21016752 -.00000203  00000+0  00000+0 0  99942 41879   0.0093 340.0703 0000534   4.2006 124.0068  1.00277359 34590

JSON: /api/v1/satellites/41879 · /tle

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