No public orbit · United States

STPSAT-2 (USA 217)

ENDED

STPSAT-2 (USA 217), NORAD 37222, 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 2019. 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: 20 Nov 2010
COSPAR ID: 2010-062A
NORAD ID: 37222

The United States' UN registration gives its orbit as about 628 to 655 km up, tilted 71.9°, 97.5 min a lap (ST/SG/SER.E/611, 17 Jan 2011). 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 2019

Technology test

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for technology testing, lists its owner as US Air Force Space and Missile Center, and records its mission as ended in about 2019 (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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