USA 285, 43445
Orbit data source: Space-Track
USA 285, 43445 is a payload satellite owned by AFRL/RV (US) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 14 Apr 2018 UTC via an ATLAS V 551 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/HARR?
Mission
Operational Defense Classified
Bus & Motor
ESPASAT, Unknown motor
Mass
~100 kg wet, 80 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.3 m
Radar Cross Section
0.600 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago
TLE from 2 days ago
0 USA 285
1 43445U 18036E 26171.44800809 -.00000098 00000-0 00000+0 0 9995
2 43445 7.1261 66.9146 0010800 168.4413 321.5825 1.02112552 26976Epoch: 2026-06-20T10:45Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T10:45:07.898Z)
Latitude
5.46181°
Longitude
127.15415°
Altitude
35,242.124 km
Speed
3.096 km/s
True Right ascension
13h 08m 23s
True Declination
5° 27' 22"
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
21:29:36
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,324.377 km
Perigee altitude
35,234.397 km
Semi-major axis
41,657.524 km
Eccentricity
0.00108
Inclination
7.1261°
RAAN
66.9146°
Arg. of periapsis
168.4413°
True anomaly
321.50552°
Mean anomaly
321.5825°
Eccentric anomaly
321.54402°
Mean motion
0.25527 °/min
Orbital period
1,410.26 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #36 in the year 2018 (2018-04-14 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 285 Visibility
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