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USA 164, 27168

Orbit data source: Space-Track

USA 164, 27168 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SMC (US) in GEO that was launched on Mon, 14 Jan 2002 UTC via a TITAN 401B/CENTAUR 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

27168, 2002-001A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

23 hours ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

LMMS/Sunnyvale

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

MILSTAR, AOCS

Mass

4,500 kg wet, ~4,200 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2002-01-14 (24 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TITAN 401B/CENTAUR

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 1 Truss + 1 Ant, 17.5 m

Radar Cross Section

74.603 m²

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TLE from 23 hours ago

0 USA 164
1 27168U 02001A   25221.11728447  .00000102  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 27168  10.8034  23.6937 0098353   9.1106 346.3077  1.00276805 29827

Epoch: 2025-08-09T02:48Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-09T02:48:53.378Z)

Latitude

-0.9278°

Longitude

18.84147°

Altitude

35,384.057 km

Speed

3.104 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 15m 41s

True Declination

0° 55' 37"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-4.49521°

Longitude

-0.60255°

Altitude

35,440.291 km

Speed

3.1 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 18m 49s

Apparent Declination

-9° 21' 00"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:42:12

Azimuth

70.222° E

Elevation

-35.597°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,200.902 km

Perigee altitude

35,371.504 km

Semi-major axis

42,164.34 km

Eccentricity

0.00984

Inclination

10.8034°

RAAN

23.6937°

Arg. of periapsis

9.1106°

True anomaly

346.0377°

Mean anomaly

346.3077°

Eccentric anomaly

346.17302°

Mean motion

0.25068 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.08 mins

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