USA 342, 55263
Orbit data source: Space-Track
USA 342, 55263 is a payload satellite owned by USSF SSC (US) in GEO that was launched on Sun, 15 Jan 2023 UTC via an FALCON HEAVY 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
Unknown (US)
Mission
Operational Defense Classified
Bus & Motor
UNKNOWN, Unknown motor
Mass
~3,200 kg wet, 2,800 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 22.5 m
Radar Cross Section
60.149 m²
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TLE from 1 day ago
0 USA 342
1 55263U 23008A 26104.77130750 .00000143 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994
2 55263 0.0122 241.7251 0000168 51.7610 210.9298 1.00273457 11883Epoch: 2026-04-14T18:30Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-14T18:30:40.968Z)
Latitude
-0.03422°
Longitude
23.79637°
Altitude
35,786.226 km
Speed
3.075 km/s
True Right ascension
09h 37m 38s
True Declination
0° 02' 03"
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
04:43:35
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,787.905 km
Perigee altitude
35,786.488 km
Semi-major axis
42,165.334 km
Eccentricity
0.00002
Inclination
0.0122°
RAAN
241.7251°
Arg. of periapsis
51.761°
True anomaly
210.92881°
Mean anomaly
210.9298°
Eccentric anomaly
210.92931°
Mean motion
0.25067 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.13 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #8 in the year 2023 (2023-01-15 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 342 Visibility
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