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Launch · COSPAR 2017-056 · 24 Sept 2017

USA 278

Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California · US34.74°, -120.57°

Payloads

1

Catalogued objects

1

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

1

Decayed

0

0% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Launch site: Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), CaliforniaVandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 1

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Payload Payload · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
USA 278USA (classified US military payloads)429412017-056AActiveHEO2,128 / 38,232 km62.88°on orbitNational Reconnaissance Office

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
2017-056
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
24 Sept 2017
Launch site
Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California
Site code
AFWTR
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYNCPPBH6Q1FCZWFDQC

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 2017-056; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.