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USA-227
Reconnaissance satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. USA-227 was launched on March 11, 2011 aboard a Delta 4M+(4,2) from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2011-011ANORAD 37377United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 227
- Common name
- USA-227
- Payload designation
- QUASAR 16?
- Other names
- NROL-27,SDS C-5 GEO:JP
- International designator
- 2011-011A
- NORAD catalog number
- 37377
- GCAT identifier
- S37377
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/625
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SDS-C
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- March 11, 2011 · 23:38 UTC
- Launch record
- 2011-011Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4M+(4,2)
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,800 km
- Inclination
- 0.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Nov 21, 2020
- End of operations
- 2021
Size
- Mass
- 3,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,500 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 20.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7865686 (CC0).