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USA 171
27937. USA 171 was launched on September 9, 2003 aboard a Titan 401B/Centaur from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2003-041ANORAD 27937United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 171
- Payload designation
- ORION 5
- Other names
- RHYOLITE 9:P,NRO Mission 8301
- International designator
- 2003-041A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27937
- GCAT identifier
- S27937
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/437
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Adv Orion
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Unknown US manufacturer (classified satellite)
- Platform (bus)
- Adv ORION
Launch
- Date
- September 9, 2003 · 04:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-041Success
- Rocket
- Titan 401B/Centaur
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,800 km
- Inclination
- 2.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 5,000 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 4.00 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111497492 (CC0).