Payload
AEHF-2 (USA 235)
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 38254
AEHF-2 (USA 235) is a US Air Force payload satellite, launched on May 4, 2012 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 4, 2012 at 06:42 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 531 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- AEHF-1 (USA-214)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,797 km
- Periapsis
- 35,777 km
- Inclination
- 6.64°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 10:43 AM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 6,200 kg
- Design lifetime
- 14 years
- Dimensions
- 9.8 × 2 × 2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-019A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38254
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 11.32 m²
- Status
- Operational