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TacSat-4
U.S. military experimental reconnaissance and communication satellite. TacSat-4 was launched on September 27, 2011 aboard a Minotaur IV+ from Kodiak. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2011-052ANORAD 37818United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TacSat-4
- International designator
- 2011-052A
- NORAD catalog number
- 37818
- GCAT identifier
- S37818
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/632
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- ORS Tacsat
- Owner
- NRL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Naval Research Lab
- Platform (bus)
- TS
Launch
- Date
- September 27, 2011 · 15:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 2011-052Success
- Rocket
- Minotaur IV+
- Spaceport
- Kodiak · pad LP1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 748 km
- Apogee
- 12,001 km
- Inclination
- 63.63°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 2014
- End of operations
- January 2014
Size
- Mass
- 460 kg
- Dry mass
- 420 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2906084 (CC0).