OSCAR 24

NORAD 15936· COSPAR 1985-066B· Navigation· LEO

Launch

Launched on Aug 3, 1985 from Space Launch Complex 5, United States of America aboard a Scout G-1.

Scout G-1 | Transit-O 24,30 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 05:06 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Aug 3, 1985

Mass

—

Apogee

1,254 km

Perigee

1,003 km

Inclination

90.16°

Period

1.80 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for OSCAR 24 across 149 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.1 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

1003 × 1254 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 1985-066 (Scout G-1 | Transit-O 24,30).

OSCAR 30 · 15935

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