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USA-204
United States Space Force military communications satellite constellation. USA-204 was launched on April 4, 2009 aboard a Atlas V 421 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2009-017ANORAD 34713United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- WGS SV-2
- Common name
- USA-204
- Payload designation
- Wideband Global Satcom 2
- Other names
- USA 204
- International designator
- 2009-017A
- NORAD catalog number
- 34713
- GCAT identifier
- S34713
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/573
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- WGS
- Owner
- USAF SMC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-702HP
Launch
- Date
- April 4, 2009 · 00:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-017Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 421
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,790 km
- Inclination
- 0.10°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 6, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,768 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,500 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 47.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14083985 (CC0).