SBIRS GEO-3 (USA 282)
Launch
Launched on Jan 20, 2018 from Space Launch Complex 41, United States of America aboard a Atlas V 411.
Atlas V 411 | SBIRS GEO Flight 4 (SBIRS GEO-3) →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 19:36 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
United States Air Force
Country
United States
Manufacturer
Lockheed Martin
Launched
Jan 20, 2018
Mass
—
Apogee
35,804 km
Perigee
35,786 km
Inclination
2.30°
Period
23.94 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
USA-282, also known as SBIRS GEO-4, 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-3 (USA 282) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.0 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
35786 × 35803 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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