OSCAR 23
NORAD 19070· COSPAR 1988-033A· Navigation· LEO
Launch
Launched on Apr 26, 1988 from Space Launch Complex 5, United States of America aboard a Scout G-1.
Scout G-1 | Transit-O 23,32 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 20:20 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Apr 26, 1988
Mass
—
Apogee
1,303 km
Perigee
1,016 km
Inclination
90.33°
Period
1.81 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for OSCAR 23 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.0 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
1016 × 1303 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 1988-033 (Scout G-1 | Transit-O 23,32).
- OSCAR 32 · 19071
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