Payload
USA 238
OperationalPayloadLEO
USA 238 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Navy payload satellite, launched on September 13, 2012 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 13, 2012 at 09:39 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 401 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,334 km
- Periapsis
- 877 km
- Inclination
- 63.42°
- Orbital period
- 107.38 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Navy
- Manufacturer
- National Reconnaissance Laboratory (NRL)
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 6,500 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Electronic Intelligence
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-048A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38758
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational