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DSP 16
American early warning satellite. DSP 16 was launched on November 24, 1991 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1991-080BNORAD 21805United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DSP F16
- Common name
- DSP 16
- Payload designation
- DSP 16
- Other names
- USA 75:U
- International designator
- 1991-080B
- NORAD catalog number
- 21805
- GCAT identifier
- S21805
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/258
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- DSP-14
- Owner
- USAF SSD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- DSP B14
Launch
- Date
- November 24, 1991 · 23:44 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-080Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,766 km
- Apogee
- 35,807 km
- Inclination
- 3.97°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jan 6, 2020
- End of operations
- November 2016
Size
- Mass
- 2,360 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,200 kg
- Length
- 10.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.30 m
- Span
- 11.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111499553 (CC0).