Payload
USA 118
OperationalPayloadGEO
USA 118 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force payload satellite, launched on April 24, 1996 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 24, 1996 at 01:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M) →
- Operator
- Production Corporation Polyot
- Mission
- Taifun-1B 14
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,228 km
- Periapsis
- 36,157 km
- Inclination
- 8.06°
- Orbital period
- 1456.89 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 7,928.64 kg
- Dry mass
- 4,000 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Electronic Intelligence
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1996-026A
- NORAD catalog №
- 23855
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational