Payload
AEHF-3 (USA 246)
OperationalPayloadGEO
AEHF-3 (USA 246) is a US Air Force payload satellite, launched on September 18, 2013 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 18, 2013 at 08:10 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 531 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- AEHF-3 (USA-246)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,157 km
- Periapsis
- 35,417 km
- Inclination
- 5.28°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 6,200 kg
- Design lifetime
- 14 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-050A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39256
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 19.9526 m²
- Status
- Operational