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NORAD 37168

SBSS (USA 216)

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About SBSS (USA 216)

SBSS (USA 216) is a satellite from the United States, launched on Sep 26, 2010 from Air Force Western Test Range.

It circles Earth every 95 minutes (15.2 times a day), between 458 and 569 km up, on an orbit tilted 97.7° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 82° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

SBSS-1 · American surveillance satellite

Operated by
Space Systems Command
Built by
Boeing, Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems
Mass
1,031 kg

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 26 days its lowest point went from 459 km to 458 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)
450500550Nov 26

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.