Payload
WGS F8 (USA 272)
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WGS F8 (USA 272) is a Military Satellite Communications - US Air Force payload satellite, launched on December 7, 2016 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 7, 2016 at 11:53 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta IV M+(5,4) →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- WGS-8 (USA-272)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,788 km
- Periapsis
- 35,785 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Military Satellite Communications - US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 5,987 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,450 kg
- Power
- 13,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 14 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-075A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41879
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational