MUOS-2

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MUOS-2 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 39206

Int'l Code: 2013-036A

Perigee: 35,582.5 km

Apogee: 36,005.9 km

Inclination: 3.6 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: July 19, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

MUOS serves a dual-provider of both voice traffic currently routed by the Navy's existing generation, albeit aging, Ultra High Frequency Follow-On spacecraft, but it also creates a new era of mobile communications built around 3G cellular technology to relay narrowband tactical information such as calls, data messaging, file transfers and email on rates of up to 384 Kilobits per second.

1 39206U 13036A   24140.79007763  .00000080  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 39206   3.5815  40.1715 0050209 179.4269 125.7067  1.00270297 39699

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants