NORAD 41744
USA 270
📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Computing position…
Blue circle: where it is above the horizon now
Time
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 41744
- International designator
- 2016-052A
- Launch date
- Aug 19, 2016
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
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Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
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- Beacon
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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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- 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 Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-29 18:55:44 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
About USA 270
USA 270 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Aug 19, 2016 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 125°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.
GSSAP-3 · American near-geosynchronous space surveillance satellite
- Operated by
- Combat Forces Command
- Built by
- Orbital ATK
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).