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MSX

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 103 minutes, on an orbit tilted 99.1° from the equator, between 945 and 966 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About MSX

MSX is a satellite from the United States, launched on Apr 24, 1996 from Air Force Western Test Range.

It circles Earth every 103 minutes (14.0 times a day), between 894 and 904 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.

Midcourse Space Experiment · space observatory

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 21 days its lowest point went from 894 km to 895 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
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From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.