NORAD 22988
USA 99
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Position
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Speed
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 22988
- International designator
- 1994-009A
- Launch date
- Feb 7, 1994
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
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- Mode
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Sub-satellite grid
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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 Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-30 01:02:35 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 24.3 hours, on an orbit tilted 17.8° from the equator, between 36,209 and 36,258 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About USA 99
USA 99 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Feb 7, 1994 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 33°W, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
MILStar 1 · satellite
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 19 days its lowest point went from 36,213 km to 36,208 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.