Payload
USA 279
OperationalPayloadGEO
USA 279 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force payload satellite, launched on October 15, 2017 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 15, 2017 at 07:28 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 421 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- NROL-52
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,796 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 3.1°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- National Reconnaissance Laboratory
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 5,600 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Data Relay
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-066A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42949
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational