MUOS

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MUOS is classified as:

NORAD ID: 38093

Int'l Code: 2012-009A

Perigee: 35,560.9 km

Apogee: 36,027.6 km

Inclination: 2.9 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: February 24, 2012
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

MUOS will offer 10 times greater communications capacity to the mobile warfighter over the Navy's current generation of Ultra High Frequency Follow-On spacecraft to relay narrowband tactical information such as voice calls, data messaging, file transfers and email on rates of up to 384 Kilobits per second. From its eventual spot in geosynchronous orbit, matching Earth's rotation to hover in a parking spot 22,300 miles (35,888 km) up, the expansive footprint of MUOS 1 will cover a huge swath of the planet to serve ships, submarines, aircraft, land vehicles and terminals in the hands of troops.

1 38093U 12009A   18181.68006788 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    00
2 38093   2.9067 346.3905 0055340 174.5683 185.4993  1.00270000    09

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants