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USA 11, 16116

Orbit data source: Space-Track

USA 11, 16116 is an American payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Thu, 03 Oct 1985 UTC via an SPACE SHUTTLE 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

16116, 1985-092B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

23 hours ago

Origin

United States Air Force (US)

Manufacturer

GE/MSVD

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

DSCS III, AOCS

Mass

~1,170 kg wet, 893 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1985-10-03 (40 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SPACE SHUTTLE

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly + 2 Pan, 1.93 m

Radar Cross Section

8.439 m²

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TLE from 23 hours ago

0 USA 11
1 16116U 85092B   25115.55307839 -.00000238  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 16116  14.5578 350.5148 0002440 180.7483 355.0073  0.99324341 21779

Epoch: 2025-04-25T13:16Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-25T13:16:25.972Z)

Latitude

1.05507°

Longitude

113.49818°

Altitude

36,043.413 km

Speed

3.066 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 05m 39s

True Declination

1° 03' 14"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

4.35276°

Longitude

100.51625°

Altitude

36,043.74 km

Speed

3.066 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 59m 35s

Apparent Declination

-1° 03' 20"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:50:56

Azimuth

314.825° NW

Elevation

-41.376°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,065.626 km

Perigee altitude

36,044.919 km

Semi-major axis

42,433.41 km

Eccentricity

0.000244

Inclination

14.5578°

RAAN

350.5148°

Arg. of periapsis

180.7483°

True anomaly

355.00487°

Mean anomaly

355.0073°

Eccentric anomaly

355.00608°

Mean motion

0.2483 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1449.84 mins

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