SBIRS GEO 1 (USA 230)

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SBIRS GEO 1 (USA 230) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 37481

Int'l Code: 2011-019A

Perigee: 35,785.7 km

Apogee: 35,801.6 km

Inclination: 2.9 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: May 7, 2011
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

SBIRS GEO-1 (USA 230) is the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous-1 missile warning satellite. Valued at more than US$1.2 billion, this satellite begins the next era for warning spacecraft that continuously monitor the globe to alert the national leadership and battlefield commanders of missile launches. It evolves the orbiting system from the Cold War focus on intercontinental ballistic missiles to today's short-range missile threats by incorporating new technologies to make quicker detections of fainter objects.

1 37481U 11019A   24139.88467708  .00000008  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 37481   2.9412  48.1227 0001883   4.2047 208.9031  1.00272172 47785

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants