USA 342

NORAD 55263· COSPAR 2023-008A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO

Launch

Launched on Jan 15, 2023 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon Heavy.

Falcon Heavy | USSF-67 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-05 05:48 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government (classified)

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jan 15, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

35,796 km

Perigee

35,793 km

Inclination

0.03°

Period

23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for USA 342 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.4 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

35793 × 35796 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

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2023-008 (Falcon Heavy | USSF-67).

LDPE-3A · 55264

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