NTS-3
Launch
Launched on Aug 13, 2025 from Space Launch Complex 41, United States of America aboard a Vulcan VC4S.
Vulcan VC4S | USSF-106 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-22 20:31 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Aug 13, 2025
Mass
—
Apogee
35,689 km
Perigee
35,361 km
Inclination
3.55°
Period
23.71 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for NTS-3 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-158.9 km
Rate
-2.69 km/day
Now
35361 × 35689 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.
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