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USA 97, 22915

Orbit data source: Space-Track

USA 97, 22915 is an American payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Sun, 28 Nov 1993 UTC via an ATLAS II 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

22915, 1993-074A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

2 days ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

MM/Valley Forge

Mission

Non-operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

DSCS III, AOCS

Mass

~1,232 kg wet, ~900 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1993-11-28 (32 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS II

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 2 days ago

0 USA 97
1 22915U 93074A   25188.54438763 -.00000010  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 22915  13.4679  17.8731 0005767  29.4342 337.9895  0.98533504 21517

Epoch: 2025-07-07T13:03Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-07T13:03:55.091Z)

Latitude

1.7168°

Longitude

-96.66545°

Altitude

36,257.672 km

Speed

3.058 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 40m 15s

True Declination

1° 42' 54"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-7.78476°

Longitude

-138.57221°

Altitude

36,271.719 km

Speed

3.058 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 51m 17s

Apparent Declination

-14° 45' 26"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:02:57

Azimuth

183.459° SSW

Elevation

35.259°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,306.625 km

Perigee altitude

36,257.421 km

Semi-major axis

42,660.16 km

Eccentricity

0.00058

Inclination

13.4679°

RAAN

17.8731°

Arg. of periapsis

29.4342°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

337.9895°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.24633 °/min

Orbital period

1,461.48 mins

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Other satellites on launch #74 in the year 1993 (1993-11-28 UTC)

IABS R/B, 22916

ATLAS 2 CENTAUR R/B, 22924 (Decayed)

USA 97 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.
1440 mins	2025-07-09 10:52:54.113Z	183.457° SSW	2025-07-09 19:24:54.113Z	191.732° SSW	40.512°	2025-07-10 10:52:54.113Z	191.511° SSW

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