Payload
USA 48
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USA 48 is a United States payload satellite, launched on November 23, 1989 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 23, 1989 at 12:23 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Space Shuttle →
- Operator
- Lockheed Space Operations Company
- Mission
- STS-33
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,884 km
- Periapsis
- 34,427 km
- Inclination
- 16.89°
- Orbital period
- 1429.4 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,699.7 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1989-090B
- NORAD catalog №
- 20355
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- active
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