LINUSS2

NORAD 55247· COSPAR 2022-144H· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· GEO

Launch

Launched on Nov 1, 2022 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon Heavy.

Falcon Heavy | USSF-44 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:48 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Nov 1, 2022

Mass

—

Apogee

36,164 km

Perigee

36,118 km

Inclination

5.58°

Period

1.01 d

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for LINUSS2 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.2 km

Rate

+0.01 km/day

Now

36118 × 36164 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 2022-144 (Falcon Heavy | USSF-44).

LDPE-2 · 54219
LINUSS1 · 55246

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