WGS F8 (USA 272)

NORAD 41879 · Payload · In orbit since 2016

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Launched: 2016-12-07 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Communications
Mass: 5,987 kg
Size: 6 × 3 m · 40.9 m deployed
Orbit class: GEO (geosynchronous)
Perigee × Apogee: 35,786 × 35,787 km
Inclination: 0.0°
Period: 1435.7 min
Eccentricity: 0.0000
Orbit data: Live orbit: current tracking elements

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