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ESPA Augmented Geostationary Laboratory Experiment
U.S. Air Force technology demonstration satellite. ESPA Augmented Geostationary Laboratory Experiment was launched on April 14, 2018 aboard a Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2018-036BNORAD 43340United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- EAGLE
- Common name
- ESPA Augmented Geostationary Laboratory Experiment
- Payload designation
- EAGLE 1
- Other names
- USA 284
- International designator
- 2018-036B
- NORAD catalog number
- 43340
- GCAT identifier
- S43340
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/877
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- LDPE
- Owner
- AFRL/RV
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Orbital ATK
- Platform (bus)
- ESPAStar
Launch
- Date
- April 14, 2018 · 23:13 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-036Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 551
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 36,026 km
- Apogee
- 36,041 km
- Inclination
- 0.27°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2020
- End of operations
- 2021
Size
- Mass
- 500 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 3.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q131439347 (CC0).