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USA 60, 20682

Orbit data source: Space-Track

USA 60, 20682 is an American payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Fri, 08 Jun 1990 UTC via a TITAN 405A 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

20682, 1990-050B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

National Reconnaissance Office (US)

Manufacturer

NRL

Mission

Defense Sigint

Bus & Motor

NOSS B SSU, Unknown motor

Mass

~400 kg wet, ~400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1990-06-08 (35 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TITAN 405A

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

1.178 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 USA 60
1 20682U 90050B   25167.11724759  .00006563  00000-0  46856-3 0  9991
2 20682  63.2946 115.9065 0891857  75.8286 294.0083 13.60273892 53950

Epoch: 2025-06-16T02:48Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-16T02:48:50.191Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

169.06476°

Altitude

819.223 km

Speed

7.552 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 43m 37s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-11.77026°

Longitude

-5.63608°

Altitude

1,292.277 km

Speed

7.086 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 56m 01s

Apparent Declination

-64° 14' 07"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:36:35

Azimuth

171.194° S

Elevation

-15.326°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,694.53 km

Perigee altitude

372.503 km

Semi-major axis

7,411.654 km

Eccentricity

0.08919

Inclination

63.2946°

RAAN

115.9065°

Arg. of periapsis

75.8286°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

294.0083°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.4015 °/min

Orbital period

105.84 mins

BSTAR

0.00046856

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Other satellites on launch #50 in the year 1990 (1990-06-08 UTC)

USA 60 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.
6 mins	2025-06-16 22:21:31.911Z	206.737° SW	2025-06-16 22:25:31.911Z	68.979° E	41.217°	2025-06-16 22:27:31.911Z	39.924° NE
7 mins	2025-06-17 07:35:31.911Z	297.737° NW	2025-06-17 07:37:31.911Z	236.682° WSW	37.017°	2025-06-17 07:42:31.911Z	165.816° S

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