USA 270, 41744
Orbit data source: Space-Track
USA 270, 41744 is a payload satellite owned by USAF AFSPC (US) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 19 Aug 2016 UTC via a DELTA 4M+(4,2) 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
OATK SSG
Mission
Operational Defense Classified
Bus & Motor
GEOSTAR-1, AOCS
Mass
500 kg wet, 500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 2.5 m
Radar Cross Section
7.621 m²
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TLE from 1 week ago
0 USA 270
1 41744U 16052A 26066.68490245 -.00000016 00000-0 00000+0 0 9999
2 41744 3.9367 78.4846 0003493 295.1716 207.8251 1.00329109 27118Epoch: 2026-03-07T16:26Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-07T16:26:15.571Z)
Latitude
2.38743°
Longitude
169.57918°
Altitude
35,782.788 km
Speed
3.074 km/s
True Right ascension
14h 46m 11s
True Declination
2° 23' 06"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
01:14:57
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,786.319 km
Perigee altitude
35,756.873 km
Semi-major axis
42,149.733 km
Eccentricity
0.00035
Inclination
3.9367°
RAAN
78.4846°
Arg. of periapsis
295.1716°
True anomaly
207.80642°
Mean anomaly
207.8251°
Eccentric anomaly
207.81576°
Mean motion
0.25081 °/min
Orbital period
1,435.33 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 2016 (2016-08-19 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.USA 270 Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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