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Orbit:
#4698 @ 35390 x 36184 km x 5.6166 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-10-27 21:16 UTC
·
24.6 h old
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Orbit history
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Current TLE
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AEHF-3 (USA 246)
1 39256U 13050A 26300.88617475 .00000040 00000-0 00000-0 0 09995
2 39256 5.6166 65.8869 0094134 190.2764 334.8670 1.00270762046986
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
September 18th 2013
Spacecraft age
13 years, 1 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
US Air Force
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
GEO
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Atlas 5
Contractor
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Launch mass
6,169
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
5.6166°
Period
1436.11
min
Perigee
35390
km
Apogee
36184
km
Eccentricity
0.0094134
RAAN
65.8869°
Arg of Perigee
190.2764°
Mean Motion
1.00270762
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