No public orbit · United States

USA 136

ENDED

USA 136 (NORAD 25034) is a satellite whose orbit is not public. What is published: its catalogue entry, its UN registration and who operates it.

Orbit

Mission ended

As of 14 Oct 2026, GCAT records its mission as ended in about 2008. Its orbit is not published, so azmth draws nothing for it.

Catalogue status: CelesTrak, 14 Oct 2026

Catalogue

Country: United States; From GCAT (14 Oct 2026)
Launched: 8 Nov 1997
COSPAR ID: 1997-068A
NORAD ID: 25034

The United States' UN registration gives its orbit as about 1,098 to 39,012 km up, tilted 63.6°, 712.8 min a lap (ST/SG/SER.E/339, 24 Jun 1998). Its current orbit is not published. The United States gives its function as “Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communications”.

Who operates it

MilitaryUnited StatesMission ended about 2008, still transmitting

Signals intelligence

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for signals intelligence, lists its owner as National Reconnaissance Office and records its mission as ended in about 2008, though it still transmits (14 Oct 2026).

Data: GCAT · CC BY 4.0 Class, mission and status adapted from GCAT by Jonathan McDowell, CC BY 4.0, data update 14 Oct 2026.

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