MUOS-5
Launch
Launched on Jun 24, 2016 from Space Launch Complex 41, United States of America aboard a Atlas V 551.
Atlas V 551 | MUOS-5 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:53 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jun 24, 2016
Mass
—
Apogee
36,653 km
Perigee
34,936 km
Inclination
2.03°
Period
23.94 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
MUOS-5 is an American communications satellite which is operated by the US Navy. Launched in September 2016, it is the fifth and last MUOS satellite.
Full article on Wikipedia →Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for MUOS-5 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.8 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
34936 × 36653 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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