USA 285

NORAD 43445· COSPAR 2018-036E· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· GEO

Launch

Launched on Apr 14, 2018 from Space Launch Complex 41, United States of America aboard a Atlas V 551.

Atlas V 551 | AFSPC-11 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-22 09:31 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government (classified)

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Apr 14, 2018

Mass

—

Apogee

35,333 km

Perigee

35,239 km

Inclination

7.42°

Period

23.50 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for USA 285 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.3 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

35239 × 35333 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.

Launched with

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2018-036 (Atlas V 551 | AFSPC-11).

USA 283 · 43339
USA 286 · 43446

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