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USA 3
Former American SIGINT satellite. USA 3 was launched on June 25, 1984 aboard a Titan 34D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1984-065CNORAD 15071United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 3
- Payload designation
- P-11 No. 4434
- Other names
- :U,NRO Mission 7347,FARRAH II
- International designator
- 1984-065C
- NORAD catalog number
- 15071
- GCAT identifier
- S15071
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/110
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- EHH D
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- SSU D
Launch
- Date
- June 25, 1984 · 18:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-065Success
- Rocket
- Titan 34D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 650 km
- Apogee
- 666 km
- Inclination
- 95.91°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 6, 2004
- End of operations
- Oct 6, 2004
Size
- Mass
- 338 kg
- Dry mass
- 338 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 400 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 1.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q141640809 (CC0).