NORAD 26052
USA 148
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 26052
- International designator
- 2000-001A
- Launch date
- Jan 21, 2000
- 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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- Naked-eye visibility
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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
- 2026-11-03 19:58:14 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 24.2 hours, on an orbit tilted 12.1° from the equator, between 36,109 and 36,135 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About USA 148
USA 148 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Jan 21, 2000 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 104°E, 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.
USA 148 · satellite
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 23 days its lowest point went from 36,101 km to 36,103 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.