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STSS-2
American infrared and visible light reconnaissance satellite. STSS-2 was launched on September 25, 2009 aboard a Delta 7920-10C from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2009-052BNORAD 35938United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- STSS 2
- Common name
- STSS-2
- Payload designation
- STSS-Demo 2
- Other names
- USA 209
- International designator
- 2009-052B
- NORAD catalog number
- 35938
- GCAT identifier
- S35938
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/587
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- STSS
- Owner
- MDA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Northrop Grummann Aerospace Systems
- Platform (bus)
- T310?
Launch
- Date
- September 25, 2009 · 12:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-052Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7920-10C
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,339 km
- Apogee
- 1,350 km
- Inclination
- 58.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 2021
- End of operations
- November 2021
Size
- Mass
- 1,022 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,022 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 9.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q108120280 (CC0).