LDPE-3A

NORAD 55264· COSPAR 2023-008B· 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 2026-07-19 13:44 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jan 15, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

36,119 km

Perigee

36,106 km

Inclination

2.43°

Period

1.01 d

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for LDPE-3A across 51 days of archived orbital elements (53 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.6 km

Rate

+0.01 km/day

Now

36106 × 36119 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).

USA 342 · 55263

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