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USA 149 (DSP 20)

USA 149 (DSP 20) is an object launched in 2000 in a geosynchronous orbit, about 35,786 km above the equator, keeping pace with the Earth so it appears to hang over one spot. It completes one orbit every 1,454 minutes, on a path tilted 13.3° to the equator.

Height

35,786 km

One orbit

1,454 min

Inclination

13.3°

Orbit

GEO

Geosynchronous orbit

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