Geostationary
USA 324
Classified · NRO / US Government
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A classified US government satellite in geostationary orbit launched in 2021. Its mission is unacknowledged. Independent space tracking organizations monitor its orbit, which is consistent with national security communications or intelligence collection payloads routinely placed in GEO by the NRO and US Space Force. The classified nature reflects the sensitivity of capabilities that peer adversaries would find most valuable to understand and counter.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,205–22,211 mi (35,736–35,745 km)
- Inclination
- 1.1°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 51280
- Int’l designator
- 2022-006A
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 19 Oct 2026.
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