MUOS-1

NORAD 38093· COSPAR 2012-009A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO

Launch

Launched on Feb 24, 2012 from Space Launch Complex 41, United States of America aboard a Atlas V 551.

Atlas V 551 | MUOS-1 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:55 UTC

Orbit class

GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Feb 24, 2012

Mass

—

Apogee

36,018 km

Perigee

35,571 km

Inclination

5.64°

Period

23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for MUOS-1 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.2 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

35571 × 36018 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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