Geostationary
LDPE-2
Technology Demonstration · US Space Force
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A hosted payload on a commercial GEO satellite testing advanced technologies for the US Space Force. The Long Duration Propulsion Experiment program validates next-generation propulsion and satellite bus technologies in the operational GEO environment — reducing technical risk for future military GEO satellites by demonstrating new capabilities on commercial platforms rather than purpose-built government spacecraft.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,485–22,486 mi (36,186–36,188 km)
- Inclination
- 5.8°
- One orbit
- 24.3 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 54219
- Int’l designator
- 2022-144A
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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