Launch · COSPAR 2025-173 · 13 Aug 2025

NTS-3

Name: Launch 2025-173 — NTS-3
Start: 2025-08-13
Location: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

0% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
NTS-3	65160	2025-173A	Active	GEO	35,673 / 35,683 km	3.45°	on orbit	—
USA 554 USA (classified US military payloads)	65161	2025-173B	Active	GEO	36,124 / 36,182 km	3.58°	on orbit	National Reconnaissance Office
USA 571 USA (classified US military payloads)	67480	2025-173E	Active	GEO	36,121 / 36,157 km	3.02°	on orbit	National Reconnaissance Office

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
VULCAN CENTAUR R/B	65162	2025-173C	Inactive	GEO	36,178 / 36,728 km	3.84°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
VULCAN CENTAUR DEB	65163	2025-173D	Inactive	GEO	36,182 / 36,440 km	3.24°	on orbit	—

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This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 2025-173; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.