Payload
USA 173
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
USA 173 is a United States payload satellite, launched on December 2, 2003 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 2, 2003 at 10:04 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas IIAS →
- Operator
- Lockheed Martin
- Mission
- NROL-18 (Intruder 6A & 6B)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,541 km
- Periapsis
- 663 km
- Inclination
- 63.39°
- Orbital period
- 107.3 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2003-054A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28095
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational