AEHF 1 (USA 214)

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AEHF 1 (USA 214) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 36868

Int'l Code: 2010-039A

Perigee: 35,770.6 km

Apogee: 35,814.4 km

Inclination: 3.5 °

Period: 1,436.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42163 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: August 14, 2010
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

AEHF 1 is a sophisticated satellite launched to improve the preeminent path of communications between the president, military commanders and troops on the battlefield, ensuring a survivable line of contact even in hellish scenarios of nuclear warfare. AEHF was envisioned to keep communications flowing between the military and civilian leadership in any extreme wartime environment, giving the U.S. information superiority. Communications relayed through AEHF can include critical support to Special Operations, situational awareness for Army troops, giving last-minute targeting information to en-route Air Force fighters and transmitting Tomahawk missile updates to the Navy. For the nation's nuclear forces, these hardened satellites would be the communications lifeline for crisis response and war planning in the most dire circumstances imaginable.