USA 486

NORAD 62757· COSPAR 2025-014Y· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Jan 21, 2025 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 13-1 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 06:49 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

United States Government (classified)

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jan 21, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

346 km

Perigee

345 km

Inclination

43.00°

Period

1.52 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for USA 486 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-3.5 km

Rate

-0.25 km/day

Now

345 × 346 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

22 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-014 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 13-1).

STARLINK-32806 · 62735
STARLINK-32329 · 62736
STARLINK-32774 · 62737
STARLINK-32802 · 62738
STARLINK-32796 · 62739
STARLINK-32805 · 62740
STARLINK-32770 · 62741
STARLINK-32775 · 62742
STARLINK-32800 · 62743
STARLINK-32758 · 62744
STARLINK-32746 · 62745
STARLINK-32780 · 62746
STARLINK-32765 · 62747
STARLINK-32762 · 62748
STARLINK-32761 · 62749
STARLINK-32763 · 62750
STARLINK-32759 · 62751
STARLINK-32756 · 62752
STARLINK-32751 · 62753
STARLINK-32740 · 62754
STARLINK-32745 · 62755
USA 485 · 62756

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