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Satellite · NORAD 39120 · COSPAR 2013-011A

SBIRS GEO-2 (USA 241)

ActivePayloadGEOMilitary derived

Altitude now

35,961.2km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

4.67°

Period

1.0 d

1,444.7 min

Perigee

35,948km

Apogee

35,962km

orbit agingOrbit updated 44 h ago · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 12:08 UTC (45.7 h old)· Metadata updated 44 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of SBIRS GEO-2 (USA 241)SBIRS GEO-2 (USA 241)
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Latitude
1.057° S
Longitude
99.275° W
Altitude
35961.2 km
Velocity
3.068 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 12:08 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Military
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
13.6 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • SBIRS GEO-2 (USA 241)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
US · United States

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
19 Mar 2013
COSPAR launch id
2013-011

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeUSCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeUSCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassGEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 30 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 44 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 09:09 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
39120
COSPAR / international designator
2013-011A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69TD
Canonical slug
sbirs-geo-2-usa-241-39120

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Military) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.