Payload
OPS 9438 (DSCS 2-8)
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 10001
OPS 9438 (DSCS 2-8) is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 12, 1977 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 12, 1977 at 02:26 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIC →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DSCS-2 7 & 8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 37,353 km
- Periapsis
- 37,051 km
- Inclination
- 8.77°
- Orbital period
- 1509.01 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 559.96 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.74 × 3.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1977-034B
- NORAD catalog №
- 10001
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 6.1634 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational