SBIRS GEO-2 (USA 241)
Launch
Launched on Mar 19, 2013 from Space Launch Complex 41, United States of America aboard a Atlas V 401.
Atlas V 401 | SBIRS GEO Flight 2 (USA-241) (SBIRS GEO-2) →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 19:53 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
United States Air Force
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Mar 19, 2013
Mass
—
Apogee
35,805 km
Perigee
35,784 km
Inclination
4.77°
Period
23.94 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
USA-241, also known as SBIRS GEO-2, is a United States military satellite and part of the Space-Based Infrared System.
Full article on Wikipedia →Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for SBIRS GEO-2 (USA 241) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
35784 × 35805 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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