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DSP 20
American early warning satellite. DSP 20 was launched on May 8, 2000 aboard a Titan 402B/IUS from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2000-024ANORAD 26356United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DSP F20
- Common name
- DSP 20
- Payload designation
- DSP 18?
- Other names
- USA 149:U
- International designator
- 2000-024A
- NORAD catalog number
- 26356
- GCAT identifier
- S26356
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/379
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
- May 8, 2000 · 16:01 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-024Success
- Rocket
- Titan 402B/IUS
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,911 km
- Apogee
- 35,970 km
- Inclination
- 2.90°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Sep 3, 2026
- End of operations
- Sep 3, 2026
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 Q111497741 (CC0).