Payload
LDPE-3A
OperationalPayloadGEO
LDPE-3A is a US Space Force payload satellite, launched on January 15, 2023 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 15, 2023 at 03:14 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- 6 x Jilin-1, Qilu-2/3 & others
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,110 km
- Periapsis
- 36,101 km
- Inclination
- 2.34°
- Orbital period
- 1452.42 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- US Space Force
- Manufacturer
- Northrup Grumman
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 500 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-008B
- NORAD catalog №
- 55264
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
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