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UFO 7
Satellite. UFO 7 was launched on July 25, 1996 aboard a Atlas II from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1996-042ANORAD 23967United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- UHF F/O F7
- Common name
- UFO 7
- Payload designation
- UFO F7-EHF
- Other names
- USA 127:C
- International designator
- 1996-042A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23967
- GCAT identifier
- S23967
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/322
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- UFO
- Owner
- HCI
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- July 25, 1996 · 12:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-042Success
- Rocket
- Atlas II
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 34,918 km
- Apogee
- 36,640 km
- Inclination
- 5.04°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- April 2017
- End of operations
- April 2017
Size
- Mass
- 3,019 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,350 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 18.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111498900 (CC0).