No public orbit · United States

USA 348

ENDED

USA 348 (NORAD 57838) 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 about 10 Sep 2023. 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: 10 Sep 2023
COSPAR ID: 2023-140C
NORAD ID: 57838

The United States registered the orbit it was launched into: about 196 to 36,218 km up, tilted 26.9°, 639.4 min a lap (ST/SG/SER.E/1162, 22 Dec 2023). 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 10 Sep 2023

Space surveillance

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for missile warning, lists its owner as National Reconnaissance Office and records its mission as ended about 10 Sep 2023 (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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