Payload
SBIRS GEO-2 (USA 241)
OperationalPayloadGEO
SBIRS GEO-2 (USA 241) is a US Air Force payload satellite, launched on March 19, 2013 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 19, 2013 at 09:21 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 401 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- SBIRS GEO Flight 2 (USA-241) (SBIRS GEO-2)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,796 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 4.48°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 4,500 kg
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
- Detailed purpose
- Infrared Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-011A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39120
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 13.5893 m²
- Status
- Operational