Payload
USA 276
OperationalPayloadLEO
USA 276 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload satellite, launched on May 1, 2017 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- SpaceShipTwo →
- Operator
- Virgin Galactic
- Mission
- VSS Unity GF04
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 429 km
- Periapsis
- 420 km
- Inclination
- 49.97°
- Orbital period
- 93.07 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- Manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 2,700 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-022A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42689
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
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