▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0199°
Eccentricity	0.0000305
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,789 km
Perigee	35,786 km
Mean motion	1.00268974 rev/day
RAAN	24.8211°
Arg of perigee	189.7934°
Mean anomaly	40.7253°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	4,737

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 39168U 13024A 26188.06334912 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990

2 39168 0.0199 24.8211 0000305 189.7934 40.7253 1.00268974 47374

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "WGS F5 (USA 243)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2013-024A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T01:31:13.364+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00268974,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0000305,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0199,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 24.8211,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 189.7934,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 40.7253,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 39168,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 4737,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	WGS F5 (USA 243)
Operator	US Air Force Space and Missile CenterHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree United States Air ForceMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United States
Launch date	May 25, 2013HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	5768HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims8

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.