NORAD 10033
OPS 5644
Time
- Local time
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Position
- Latitude
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Speed
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From your location
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 10033
- International designator
- 1977-044A
- Launch date
- Jun 5, 1977
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 2,237.500 MHz · FM2,252.536 MHz · FM
- Beacon
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- Mode
- FM
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Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for DopplerS-Band Transmitter
Transmitter · FM
- Downlink
- 2,237.500 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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S-band imagery
Transmitter · FM
- Downlink
- 2,252.536 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-24 04:20:35 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 101 minutes, on an orbit tilted 99.1° from the equator, between 804 and 848 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About OPS 5644
OPS 5644 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Jun 5, 1977 from Air Force Western Test Range.
It circles Earth every 101 minutes (14.3 times a day), between 760 and 813 km up, on an orbit tilted 99.1° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 81° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
DMSP 5D-1/F02 · American military meteorological satellite
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 13 days its lowest point went from 760 km to 760 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.