Payload
SBIRS GEO-3 (USA 282)
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 43162
SBIRS GEO-3 (USA 282) is a US Air Force payload satellite, launched on January 20, 2018 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- January 20, 2018 at 12:48 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 411 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- SBIRS GEO Flight 4 (SBIRS GEO-3)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,795 km
- Periapsis
- 35,779 km
- Inclination
- 2.18°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 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
- 4,500 kg
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
- Dimensions
- 6 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
- Detailed purpose
- Infrared Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-009A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43162
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational