// radar imaging · 2018

Zuma

Classified United States government satellite. Zuma was launched on January 8, 2018 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Jan 8, 2018).

COSPAR 2018-001ANORAD 43098United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: USA 280
Common name: Zuma
Payload designation: ZUMA
International designator: 2018-001A
NORAD catalog number: 43098
GCAT identifier: S43098
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/877

Mission

Mission type: Radar imaging
Use: Defense
Program: ZUMA
Owner: NRO
Country: United States
Builder: Northrop Grummann Aerospace Systems
Platform (bus): ZUMA

Launch

Date: January 8, 2018 · 01:00 UTC
Launch record: 2018-001Success
Rocket: Falcon 9
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LEO/I
Perigee: 657 km
Apogee: 659 km
Inclination: 52.00°
Status: Reentered attached to another object
Status date: January 8, 2018
Last known active: Jan 8, 2018
End of operations: Jan 8, 2018

Size

Mass: 8,000 kg
Dry mass: 6,000 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 11.0 t
Length: 5.0 m
Diameter: 3.00 m
Span: 10.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q43297560 (CC0).