Payload
WGS F6 (USA 244)
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WGS F6 (USA 244) is a Military Satellite Communications - US Air Force payload satellite, launched on August 8, 2013 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 8, 2013 at 12:29 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta IV M+(5,4) →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- WGS-6 (USA-244)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,788 km
- Periapsis
- 35,786 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Military Satellite Communications - US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 5,768 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,450 kg
- Power
- 13,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 14 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-041A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39222
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 35.8016 m²
- Status
- Operational