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DMSP-F18
DMSP-F18 was launched on October 18, 2009 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2009-057ANORAD 35951United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DMSP F-18
- Common name
- DMSP-F18
- Payload designation
- DMSP Block 5D-3 S-18
- Other names
- USA 210,OPS-52
- International designator
- 2009-057A
- NORAD catalog number
- 35951
- GCAT identifier
- S35951
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/587
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- DMSP 5D-3
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin/East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- Block 5D
Launch
- Date
- October 18, 2009 · 16:12 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-057Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 843 km
- Apogee
- 857 km
- Inclination
- 98.93°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,217 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,217 kg
- Length
- 4.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 6.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16632443 (CC0).