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USA-353
American SIGINT satellite. USA-353 was launched on April 9, 2024 aboard a Delta 4H from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2024-067ANORAD 59453United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 353
- Common name
- USA-353
- Payload designation
- ORION 12?
- International designator
- 2024-067A
- NORAD catalog number
- 59453
- GCAT identifier
- S59453
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1214
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Adv Orion
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Unknown US manufacturer (classified satellite)
- Platform (bus)
- Adv ORION
Launch
- Date
- April 9, 2024 · 16:53 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-067Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4H
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,556 km
- Apogee
- 36,017 km
- Inclination
- 7.58°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Apr 9, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 5,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 5,000 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 20.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q136674797 (CC0).