USA-288

United States military communications satellite
Vehicle advanced_extremely_high_frequency Q97481006
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Summary

USA-288 is an Advanced Extremely High Frequency[1].

Key Facts

  • Operator: United States Space Force[2]
  • Follows: USA-246[3]
  • Followed by: USA-292[4]
  • Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Space[5], Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems[6]
  • Space launch vehicle: Atlas V 551[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • UTC date of spacecraft launch: October 17, 2018[9]
  • Spacecraft bus: A2100[10]
  • Significant event: rocket launch[11]
  • Start point: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41[12]
  • Mass: 6168 kg[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . lockheedmartin.com. lockheedmartin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . lockheedmartin.com. lockheedmartin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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