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USA-170
American military communications satellite. USA-170 was launched on August 29, 2003 aboard a Delta 4M from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2003-040ANORAD 27875United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DSCS III B-6
- Common name
- USA-170
- Other names
- USA 170
- International designator
- 2003-040A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27875
- GCAT identifier
- S27875
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/437
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- DSCS 3
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems/Valley Forge
- Platform (bus)
- DSCS III
Launch
- Date
- August 29, 2003 · 23:13 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-040Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4M
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,600 km
- Apogee
- 35,800 km
- Inclination
- 1.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,244 kg
- Dry mass
- 900 kg
- Length
- 2.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.90 m
- Span
- 9.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q23933954 (CC0).