Payload
USA 342
OperationalPayloadGEO
USA 342 is a US Air 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
- 35,788 km
- Periapsis
- 35,785 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.09 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 3,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,800 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-008A
- NORAD catalog №
- 55263
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
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