Approximate orbit · United States

USA 198

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USA 198 (NORAD 32378) is a satellite whose full orbit is not public. What is published: its height and tilt, drawn to scale, and who operates it.

Orbit

Approximate orbit, direction and position not public

1,116 to 39,233 km up · tilted 64.1° · 717.7 min a lap · as listed on 14 Oct 2026

Its height and tilt are public. Which way its orbit faces, and where it is, are not, so azmth shows no position or pass times.

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Diagram by azmth: size, shape and tilt to scale, from the catalogue's figures. It shows no place on Earth.Which way the high point faces is not published.

Height and tilt: CelesTrak and Space-Track.org, as listed on 14 Oct 2026

Catalogue

Country
United States
From GCAT (14 Oct 2026)
Launched
10 Dec 2007
COSPAR ID
2007-060A
NORAD ID
32378

The United States registered the orbit it was launched into: about 220 to 16,322 km up, tilted 60.7°, 294 min a lap (ST/SG/SER.E/534, 18 Mar 2008). Where it works now 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 StatesActive
Communications

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for communications, lists its owner as National Reconnaissance Office and records it as active (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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CelesTrak record

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