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MUOS 3
MUOS 3 was launched on January 21, 2015 aboard a Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-002ANORAD 40374United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- MUOS 3
- Payload designation
- MUOS SV 4
- International designator
- 2015-002A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40374
- GCAT identifier
- S40374
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/762
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- MUOS
- Owner
- SPAWAR Pacific
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Sunnyvale)
- Platform (bus)
- A2100
Launch
- Date
- January 21, 2015 · 01:04 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-002Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 551
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,768 km
- Apogee
- 35,806 km
- Inclination
- 4.96°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 24, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 6,800 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,800 kg
- Length
- 7.9 m
- Diameter
- 4.30 m
- Span
- 28.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q19260673 (CC0).