- Home
- Spacecraft
- USA-250
USA-250
American reconnaissance satellite. USA-250 was launched on April 10, 2014 aboard a Atlas V 541 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-020ANORAD 39652United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 250
- Common name
- USA-250
- Payload designation
- SHARP 1?
- International designator
- 2014-020A
- NORAD catalog number
- 39652
- GCAT identifier
- S39652
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/739
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SHARP
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Unknown US manufacturer (classified satellite)
- Platform (bus)
- New Orion?
Launch
- Date
- April 10, 2014 · 17:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-020Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 541
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/ID
- Perigee
- 35,014 km
- Apogee
- 36,251 km
- Inclination
- 7.70°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Sep 20, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 3,850 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,000 kg
- Length
- 7.0 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 Q17385354 (CC0).