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USA-246
United States military communications satellite. USA-246 was launched on September 18, 2013 aboard a Atlas V 531 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AEHF SV-3
- Common name
- USA-246
- Other names
- USA 246
- International designator
- 2013-050A
- NORAD catalog number
- 39256
- GCAT identifier
- S39256
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- AEHF
- Owner
- USAF MCSW
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Sunnyvale)
- Platform (bus)
- A2100M
Launch
- Date
- September 18, 2013 · 08:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 2013-050Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 531
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO
- Perigee
- 217 km
- Apogee
- 50,052 km
- Inclination
- 20.59°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 11, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 6,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 4,000 kg
- Length
- 9.8 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 27.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q15261061 (CC0).