Geostationary
USA 283
Classified · US Space Force / NRO
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A classified US military satellite launched in 2018 into geostationary orbit. Its mission is unacknowledged, but its position and behavior are monitored by independent orbital analysts. The US Space Force regularly places classified payloads in GEO that support both intelligence gathering and assured communications for the most sensitive national security missions.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,242 mi (35,795–35,796 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 43339
- Int’l designator
- 2018-036A
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 20 Sep 2026.
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