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SDS-3
American military communications satellite, provided data relay services for optical reconnaissance and other military spacecraft. Operational, first launch 2000.12.06. Comsat / Relay, early warning satellite built by for USAF, USA. Launched 1998 - 2014.
Status: Operational 2000. First Launch: 1998-01-29. Last Launch: 2014-05-22. Number: 8 . Gross mass: 3,600 kg (7,900 lb).
Replacement for the SDS-2 satellites, which from Molniya-type orbits, provided data relay services for optical reconnaissance and other military spacecraft. The Atlas-IIAS payload capability indicates they had a mass under 3600 kg, compared to 6000 kg for the SDS-2 series. Therefore they surely had a different payload, and may have had a substantially different mission.
More at: SDS-3.
Family:
Communications,
Military communications sat,
Molniya orbit.
Country:
USA.
Launch Vehicles:
Atlas,
Atlas IIAS,
Atlas V,
Atlas V 401.
Launch Sites:
Cape Canaveral,
Cape Canaveral LC36A,
Cape Canaveral LC36B,
Cape Canaveral LC41.
Agency:
NRO.
Bibliography:
2,
279,
296,
552,
554,
6,
6858,
13078.
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