Approximate orbit · United States

USA 459

APPROX

USA 459 (NORAD 62358) 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

574 to 580 km up · tilted 70.0° · 96.2 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.

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

Catalogue

Country: United States; From GCAT (14 Oct 2026)
Launched: 17 Dec 2024
COSPAR ID: 2024-243U
NORAD ID: 62358

The United States registered it with the UN (ST/SG/SER.E/1249, 17 Jun 2025). The orbit values filed did not pass azmth's checks, so they are left out.

Who operates it

MilitaryUnited StatesActive

Optical imaging

Official description

“This mission is the sixth launch of the NRO’s proliferated architecture, and eighth successful NRO launch of 2024.”

National Reconnaissance Office, 17 Dec 2024

It names no purpose.

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for optical imaging, 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