Payload
SBIRS GEO-5 (USA 315)
OperationalPayloadGEO
SBIRS GEO-5 (USA 315) is a US Air Force payload satellite, launched on May 18, 2021 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 18, 2021 at 05:37 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 421 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- SBIRS GEO-5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,792 km
- Periapsis
- 35,781 km
- Inclination
- 5.11°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 4,500 kg
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
- Detailed purpose
- Infrared Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-042A
- NORAD catalog №
- 48618
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational