No public orbit · United States

USA 284

ENDED

GCAT lists it as EAGLE.

USA 284 (NORAD 43340) 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 2021. 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: 14 Apr 2018
COSPAR ID: 2018-036B
NORAD ID: 43340

The United States registered the orbit it was launched into: about 187 to 35,352 km up, tilted 26.1°, 622.4 min a lap (ST/SG/SER.E/877, 9 Oct 2020). 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 StatesMission ended about 2021

Missile warning

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for missile warning, lists its owner as US Air Force Research Laboratories/RV (Space Vehicles Directorate) and records its mission as ended in about 2021 (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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