OBJECT A

OBJECT A (NORAD ID 100125) is a space object catalogued under United States, launched on 2026-07-21 from Cape Canaveral, Florida on the MRV/MEP launch. As a relatively recent addition to the catalogue, its orbital elements are well-characterised. It orbits in Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) at altitudes between 317 km and 44,750 km with an inclination of 25.7°. It travels at approximately 13,369 km/h (3.71 km/s), completing one full orbit every 13 hours 35 minutes — that’s roughly 1.77 orbits per day. Its orbital eccentricity of 0.7686 gives it a noticeably elliptical path, with significant altitude variation between perigee and apogee. Orbital Radar tracks OBJECT A in real time using the latest two-line element set (TLE) data, providing live position, altitude, speed and orbital path updated continuously.

OBJECT A follows a Highly Elliptical Orbit, sweeping between 317 km (perigee) and 44,750 km (apogee). It spends most of its 13 hours 35 minutes orbital period near apogee, effectively loitering over a region of interest before rapidly sweeping through perigee — a profile used for high-latitude communications (Molniya orbits), early-warning systems and magnetospheric science. Within ±50 km of OBJECT A’s average altitude, there are currently 0 active payloads and 12 tracked debris or rocket body fragments. This is a relatively sparse altitude band, containing less than 1% of all active satellites. With an inclination of 25.7°, OBJECT A passes over latitudes between 25.7°N and 25.7°S, covering the tropical and temperate zones where most of the world’s population resides. Low-to-mid inclination orbits are efficient to reach from equatorial and mid-latitude launch sites. United States operates approximately 12,672 active satellites in total.