USA 153
Launch
Launched on Oct 20, 2000 from Launch Complex 36A, United States of America aboard a Atlas IIA.
Atlas IIA | DSCS-3 B11 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 06:11 UTC
Orbit class
IGSO — Inclined Geosynchronous (BeiDou / QZSS, figure-8 ground track)
Operator
United States Government (classified)
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Oct 20, 2000
Mass
—
Apogee
35,802 km
Perigee
35,788 km
Inclination
11.77°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for USA 153 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+1.1 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35788 × 35802 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.
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