Latitude
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SBSS
NORAD 37168 · COSPAR 2010-048A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #86986 @ 459 x 569 km x 97.7143 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-09 21:52 UTC · 111 h old
Orbit history
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Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
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SBSS (USA 216)
1 37168U 10048A 26282.91137822 .00003578 00000-0 16907-3 0 09990
2 37168 97.7143 170.5473 0079920 166.2683 254.6002 15.17273627869861
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 37168U 10048A 26282.91137822 .00003578 00000-0 16907-3 0 09990
2 37168 97.7143 170.5473 0079920 166.2683 254.6002 15.17273627869861
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
September 26th 2010
Spacecraft age
16 years
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Strategic Space Command/Space Surveillance Network
Purpose
Space Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Minotaur 4
Contractor
Boeing/Ball Aerospace
Launch mass
1,031 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.7143°
Period
94.91 min
Perigee
459 km
Apogee
569 km
Eccentricity
0.007992
RAAN
170.5473°
Arg of Perigee
166.2683°
Mean Motion
15.17273627 rev/d