USA 197

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USA 197 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 32287

Int'l Code: 2007-054A

Perigee: 35,771.6 km

Apogee: 35,844.8 km

Inclination: 9.2 °

Period: 1,436.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 42179 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 11, 2007
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

Rocket-maker United Launch Alliance and the Air Force, both confident that the Heavy was ready for a real mission, fired off the rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 8:50 p.m. EST (0150 GMT) Saturday evening. Hidden inside the long metallic nose cone rode the Defense Support Program 23 spacecraft, the last in a series of eye-in-the-sky satellites designed to spot enemy missile launches and nuclear explosions.

1 32287U 07054A   24119.49845574 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    04
2 32287   9.1770  54.9656 0008675 251.2595 108.6584  1.00220371    06

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants