Payload
USA 12
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USA 12 is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 3, 1985 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 3, 1985 at 03:15 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Space Shuttle →
- Operator
- Lockheed Space Operations Company
- Mission
- STS-51-J
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,170 km
- Periapsis
- 36,128 km
- Inclination
- 14.29°
- Orbital period
- 1454.66 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,159.56 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1985-092C
- NORAD catalog №
- 16117
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- active
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