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UFO 9
Satellite. UFO 9 was launched on October 20, 1998 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1998-058ANORAD 25501United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- UHF F/O F9
- Common name
- UFO 9
- Payload designation
- UFO F9
- Other names
- USA 140:U
- International designator
- 1998-058A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25501
- GCAT identifier
- S25501
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/353
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- UFO
- Owner
- USN PMW 146
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- October 20, 1998 · 07:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-058Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 34,812 km
- Apogee
- 36,761 km
- Inclination
- 6.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 2003
- End of operations
- September 2006
Size
- Mass
- 3,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,350 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.30 m
- Span
- 26.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111497942 (CC0).