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Wide-field of View Testbed
American experimental early warning satellite. Wide-field of View Testbed was launched on July 1, 2022 aboard a Atlas V 541 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2022-073ANORAD 52940United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- WFOV Testbed
- Common name
- Wide-field of View Testbed
- Other names
- USA 332:U
- International designator
- 2022-073A
- NORAD catalog number
- 52940
- GCAT identifier
- S52940
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1079
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- WFOV
- Owner
- USSF SSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Millenium Space Systems/El Segundo factory
- Platform (bus)
- Aquila M8
Launch
- Date
- July 1, 2022 · 23:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-073Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 541
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,992 km
- Apogee
- 36,000 km
- Inclination
- 0.14°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 7, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,800 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q109315378 (CC0).