SBIRS GEO 2 (USA 241)

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SBIRS GEO 2 (USA 241) is classified as:

Geostationary
Military

NORAD ID: 39120

Int'l Code: 2013-011A

Perigee: 35,785.0 km

Apogee: 35,802.8 km

Inclination: 3.5 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

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

SBIRS GEO-2 is a military satellite which will bolster and upgrade the U.S. military's infrared surveillance system that continuously scans the world looking for enemy missile launches and sounding the alarm to fight back against an incoming threat.

1 39120U 13011A   25079.35461465 -.00000278  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 39120   3.5257  50.6577 0002114 306.5184 258.7971  1.00271139 43981

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants