Payload
USA 130 (DSP 18)
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 24737
USA 130 (DSP 18) is a United States payload satellite, launched on February 23, 1997 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 23, 1997 at 08:20 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan 402B IUS →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DSP 18
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,183 km
- Periapsis
- 36,092 km
- Inclination
- 14.43°
- Orbital period
- 1454.07 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,378.59 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø3.3 × 10 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1997-008A
- NORAD catalog №
- 24737
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational