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AEHF-3 (USA 246)

NORAD 39256 · Payload · In orbit since 2013

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Launched
2013-09-18 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
6,200 kg
Size
9.8 × 2 m · 27 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,411 × 36,161 km
Inclination
5.4°
Period
1435.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0089
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

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