SBIRS GEO-1 (USA 230)
Launch
Launched on May 7, 2011 from Space Launch Complex 41, United States of America aboard a Atlas V 401.
Atlas V 401 | SBIRS GEO Flight 1 (USA-230) (SBIRS GEO-1) →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:55 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
United States Air Force
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
May 7, 2011
Mass
—
Apogee
35,802 km
Perigee
35,787 km
Inclination
4.72°
Period
23.94 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
USA-230, also known as SBIRS GEO-1, is a United States military satellite and part of the Space-Based Infrared System.
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Apogee and perigee for SBIRS GEO-1 (USA 230) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.0 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35787 × 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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