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GSSAP-3
American near-geosynchronous space surveillance satellite. GSSAP-3 was launched on August 19, 2016 aboard a Delta 4M+(4,2) from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2016-052ANORAD 41744United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 270
- Common name
- GSSAP-3
- Payload designation
- Hornet 3
- Other names
- AFSPC-6 F1,GSSAP 3
- International designator
- 2016-052A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41744
- GCAT identifier
- S41744
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/801
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GSSAP
- Owner
- USAF AFSPC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Orbital ATK Space Systems Group (SSG)
- Platform (bus)
- GeoStar-1
Launch
- Date
- August 19, 2016 · 04:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-052Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4M+(4,2)
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,815 km
- Apogee
- 35,820 km
- Inclination
- 0.18°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 500 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28668993 (CC0).