- Home
- Spacecraft
- DSP 18
DSP 18
American early warning satellite. DSP 18 was launched on February 23, 1997 aboard a Titan 402B/IUS from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1997-008ANORAD 24737United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DSP F18
- Common name
- DSP 18
- Payload designation
- DSP 20
- Other names
- USA 130:U
- International designator
- 1997-008A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24737
- GCAT identifier
- S24737
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/329
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- DSP-14
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- DSP B18
Launch
- Date
- February 23, 1997 · 20:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-008Success
- Rocket
- Titan 402B/IUS
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,800 km
- Inclination
- 0.10°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Apr 2, 2021
- End of operations
- Apr 2, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 2,360 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,200 kg
- Length
- 10.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.30 m
- Span
- 11.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q56276923 (CC0).