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NORAD 51078 · COSPAR 2022-002CY · REENTRY☠️ RIP
USA 322 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).
Orbit: #6730 @ 142 x 162 km x 97.4386 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2023-04-02 02:15 UTC · 31314.1 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
USA 322
1 51078U 22002CY 23092.09379938 .47503900 26118-5 10692-2 0 9992
2 51078 97.4386 162.7180 0015392 299.7861 111.8993 16.45210430 67301
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
January 13th 2022
Spacecraft age
4 years, 9 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
National Reconnaissance Office
Launch mass
—
Power
—

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.4386°
Period
87.53 min
Perigee
142 km
Apogee
162 km
Eccentricity
0.0015392
RAAN
162.718°
Arg of Perigee
299.7861°
Mean Motion
16.4521043 rev/d