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USA 11, 16116

Orbit data source: Space-Track

USA 11, 16116 is an American payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Thu, 03 Oct 1985 UTC via an SPACE SHUTTLE launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

16116, 1985-092B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

United States Air Force (US)

Manufacturer

GE/MSVD

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

DSCS III, AOCS

Mass

~1,170 kg wet, 893 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1985-10-03 (40 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SPACE SHUTTLE

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly + 2 Pan, 1.93 m

Radar Cross Section

8.439 m²

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 USA 11
1 16116U 85092B   25195.59895972 -.00000008  00000-0  00000+0 0  9993
2 16116  14.5208 349.9216 0004332 180.5240 178.1266  0.99326754 22553

Epoch: 2025-07-14T14:22Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-14T14:22:30.119Z)

Latitude

-0.3487°

Longitude

-159.72573°

Altitude

36,071.563 km

Speed

3.064 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 14m 25s

True Declination

0° 20' 54"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

5.04466°

Longitude

1.71649°

Altitude

36,035.472 km

Speed

3.066 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 36m 48s

Apparent Declination

0° 29' 53"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:42:32

Azimuth

250.357° W

Elevation

21.171°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,072.968 km

Perigee altitude

36,036.204 km

Semi-major axis

42,432.723 km

Eccentricity

0.00043

Inclination

14.5208°

RAAN

349.9216°

Arg. of periapsis

180.524°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

178.1266°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.24831 °/min

Orbital period

1,449.81 mins

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USA 11 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
216 mins	2025-07-15 01:10:25.578Z	250.341° W	2025-07-15 01:10:25.578Z	250.341° W	19.851°	2025-07-15 04:46:25.578Z	241.88° WSW
777 mins	2025-07-15 12:13:25.578Z	240.976° WSW	2025-07-15 21:06:25.578Z	261.078° W	23.03°	2025-07-16 01:10:25.578Z	253.387° W

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