Payload
OPS 9433 (DSCS 2-3)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
OPS 9433 (DSCS 2-3) is a United States payload satellite, launched on December 13, 1973 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 13, 1973 at 11:57 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIC →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DSCS-2 3 & 4
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,666 km
- Periapsis
- 36,406 km
- Inclination
- 5.1°
- Orbital period
- 1474.54 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 559.96 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1973-100A
- NORAD catalog №
- 6973
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 5.3213 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational