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MILStar 2
Satellite. MILStar 2 was launched on November 6, 1995 aboard a Titan 401A/Centaur from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1995-060ANORAD 23712United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Milstar 2
- Common name
- MILStar 2
- Payload designation
- Milstar DFS-2
- Other names
- USA 115
- International designator
- 1995-060A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23712
- GCAT identifier
- S23712
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/310
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Milstar
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Sunnyvale
- Platform (bus)
- Milstar
Launch
- Date
- November 6, 1995 · 05:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 1995-060Success
- Rocket
- Titan 401A/Centaur
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,778 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 3.53°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 4, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,500 kg
- Dry mass
- 4,100 kg
- Length
- 15.5 m
- Diameter
- 4.00 m
- Span
- 35.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111498949 (CC0).