Geostationary
USA 342
Classified · NRO / US Government
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A classified US government satellite in geostationary orbit launched in 2023. Orbital tracking reveals its GEO position but not its mission, which remains officially unacknowledged. The growing pace of classified US GEO satellite launches reflects the increasing importance of the geostationary orbital regime as a domain of strategic competition between spacefaring nations.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,241–22,243 mi (35,794–35,797 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 55263
- Int’l designator
- 2023-008A
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 20 Sep 2026.
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