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USA-269
American military communications satellite. USA-269 was launched on July 28, 2016 aboard a Atlas V 421 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2016-047ANORAD 41724United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 269
- Common name
- USA-269
- Payload designation
- QUASAR 19?
- Other names
- NROL-61,SDS D-1 GEO:JP
- International designator
- 2016-047A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41724
- GCAT identifier
- S41724
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/801
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SDS-D
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-702
Launch
- Date
- July 28, 2016 · 12:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-047Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 421
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 4.88°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,600 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,000 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 35.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28668946 (CC0).