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SBSS-1
American surveillance satellite. SBSS-1 was launched on September 26, 2010 aboard a Minotaur IV from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2010-048ANORAD 37168United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SBSS 1
- Common name
- SBSS-1
- Payload designation
- SBSS Block 10
- Other names
- USA 216
- International designator
- 2010-048A
- NORAD catalog number
- 37168
- GCAT identifier
- S37168
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/611
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SBSS
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ball Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- BCP-2000
Launch
- Date
- September 26, 2010 · 04:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-048Success
- Rocket
- Minotaur IV
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC8
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 631 km
- Apogee
- 634 km
- Inclination
- 98.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 2021
Size
- Mass
- 1,031 kg
- Dry mass
- 900 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113633417 (CC0).