Approximate orbit · United States

USA 396

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USA 396 (NORAD 60322) 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

35,486 to 35,625 km up · tilted 0.1° · 1,424.3 min a lap · as listed on 14 Oct 2026

Its height and tilt are public. The spot above the equator it keeps is not, so azmth shows no position.

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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
30 Jul 2024
COSPAR ID
2024-134A
NORAD ID
60322

The United States registered the orbit it was launched into: about 192 to 37,240 km up, tilted 26.9°, 659.3 min a lap (ST/SG/SER.E/1222, 14 Oct 2024). 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
Technology test

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for technology testing, lists its owner as US Air Force Research Laboratories/RV (Space Vehicles Directorate) 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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