Payload
USA 40
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USA 40 is a United States payload satellite, launched on August 8, 1989.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 8, 1989 at 12:37 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Space Shuttle →
- Operator
- Lockheed Space Operations Company
- Mission
- STS-28
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 9,276.51 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1989-061B
- NORAD catalog №
- 20167
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- active
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