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GSSAP-6
American near-geosynchronous space surveillance satellite. GSSAP-6 was launched on January 21, 2022 aboard a Atlas V 511 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2022-006BNORAD 51281United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 325
- Common name
- GSSAP-6
- Payload designation
- Hornet 6
- Other names
- :U,GSSAP 6
- International designator
- 2022-006B
- NORAD catalog number
- 51281
- GCAT identifier
- S51281
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1050
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GSSAP
- Owner
- USSF
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems Group (SSG)
- Platform (bus)
- GeoStar-1
Launch
- Date
- January 21, 2022 · 19:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-006Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 511
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,703 km
- Apogee
- 35,734 km
- Inclination
- 0.10°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 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 Q113633508 (CC0).