Payload
AEHF-4 (USA 288)
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 43651
AEHF-4 (USA 288) is a US Air Force payload satellite, launched on October 17, 2018 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 17, 2018 at 04:15 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 551 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- AEHF-4
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,041 km
- Periapsis
- 35,531 km
- Inclination
- 1.43°
- Orbital period
- 1436.06 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 6,200 kg
- Dimensions
- 9.8 × 2 × 2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-079A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43651
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational