DMSP 5D-3 F16 (USA 172)
NORAD 28054 · 2003-048A
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 2003-10-18
- Launch site
- AFWTR
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- 4.30
Purposes: earth_obs
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-27T07:09:16.894080Z
- Period
- 101.80 min
- Inclination
- 98.9851°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006481
- Mean motion
- 14.14492437 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 839.4 km
- Apogee alt
- 848.7 km
- Semi-major
- 7,222.2 km
- B*
- 4.6645e-5
- RAAN
- 294.7838°
- Arg perigee
- 210.4253°
- Mean anomaly
- 160.9721°
- Rev number
- 18,392
§ Raw data
DMSP 5D-3 F16 (USA 172)1 28054U 03048A 26270.29811220 .00000044 00000+0 46645-4 0 99922 28054 98.9851 294.7838 0006481 210.4253 160.9721 14.14492437183926
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/28054 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPSK | S-band telemetry | 2.208 GHz | — |
| FM | S-band telemetry | 2.213 GHz | — |
2 transmitters · refreshed weekly from db.satnogs.org