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GSSAP
Part of GeoStar-1
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Designed to catalog satellites and space debris in geostationary orbit. Built by Orbital for US Air Force Space Command. Orbit and mass classified; figures shown are speculative. Space surveillance satellite built by Orbital Sciences Corp. (OSC) for US Air Force, USA. Launched 2014 - 2016. Used the
GeoStar-1 bus.
Status: Operational 2014. First Launch: 2014-07-28. Last Launch: 2014-07-28. Number: 2 . Gross mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Apogee: 35,500 km (22,000 mi).
More at: GSSAP.
Country:
USA.
Launch Vehicles:
Delta 4M+(4,2),
Delta IV.
Launch Sites:
Cape Canaveral LC37B.
2014 July 28 - .
23:28 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral.
Launch Complex:
Cape Canaveral LC37B.
Launch Pad: SLC37B.
LV Family:
Delta IV.
Launch Vehicle:
Delta 4M+(4,2).
- USA 253 - .
Payload: GSSAP-1. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: ULAB.
Spacecraft Bus: GeoStar-1.
Spacecraft: GSSAP.
USAF Sat Cat: 40099 . COSPAR: 2014-043A. Apogee: 35,500 km (22,000 mi). Perigee: 35,500 km (22,000 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Designed to catalog satellites and space debris in geostationary orbit. Built by Orbital for US Air Force Space Command. Orbit and mass classified; figures shown are speculative..
- USA 254 - .
Payload: GSSAP-2. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: ULAB.
Spacecraft Bus: GeoStar-1.
Spacecraft: GSSAP.
USAF Sat Cat: 40100 . COSPAR: 2014-043B. Apogee: 35,500 km (22,000 mi). Perigee: 35,500 km (22,000 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Designed to catalog satellites and space debris in geostationary orbit. Built by Orbital for US Air Force Space Command. Orbit and mass classified; figures shown are speculative..
2016 August 19 - .
04:52 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral.
Launch Complex:
Cape Canaveral LC37B.
Launch Pad: Cape Canaveral SLC37B.
LV Family:
Delta IV.
Launch Vehicle:
Delta 4M+(4,2).
- USA 270 - .
Payload: GSSAP 3. Nation: USA.
Class: Surveillance.
Type: Orbital object tracking satellite. Spacecraft Bus: GeoStar-1.
Spacecraft: GSSAP.
USAF Sat Cat: 41744 . COSPAR: 2016-052A. Apogee: 35,819 km (22,256 mi). Perigee: 35,749 km (22,213 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Placed in geosynchronous orbit at 111 deg W. The satellites will drift in the geostationary ring making observations of the orbits of other satellites..
- USA 271 - .
Payload: GSSAP 4. Nation: USA.
Class: Surveillance.
Type: Orbital object tracking satellite. Spacecraft Bus: GeoStar-1.
Spacecraft: GSSAP.
USAF Sat Cat: 41745 . COSPAR: 2016-052B. Apogee: 35,856 km (22,279 mi). Perigee: 35,814 km (22,253 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Placed in geosynchronous orbit at 118 deg W..
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