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GSSAP-1
American near-geosynchronous space surveillance satellite. GSSAP-1 was launched on July 28, 2014 aboard a Delta 4M+(4,2) from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-043ANORAD 40099United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 253
- Common name
- GSSAP-1
- Payload designation
- Hornet 1
- Other names
- AFSPC-4 F1,GSSAP 1
- International designator
- 2014-043A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40099
- GCAT identifier
- S40099
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/745
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GSSAP
- Owner
- USAF AFSPC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- GeoStar-1
Launch
- Date
- July 28, 2014 · 23:28 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-043Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4M+(4,2)
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,744 km
- Apogee
- 35,748 km
- Inclination
- 0.16°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 1, 2021
- End of operations
- Feb 1, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 500 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113633505 (CC0).