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WGS F6 (USA 244)

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WGS F6 (USA 244) is classified as:


NORAD ID: 39222
Int'l Code: 2013-041A
Perigee: 35,792.3 km
Apogee: 35,795.3 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
RCS: Unknown
Launch date: August 8, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

WGS-6 is the sixth satellite in the US Air Force’s Wideband Global Satcom system. Originally named Wideband Gapfiller Satellite, WGS was envisioned as an interim program to bridge the gap between the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) and the advanced Transformational Satellite program, which has since been cancelled. Funding for WGS-6 was provided by the Australian government in exchange for access to the Wideband Global Satcom system. Australia was the first country other than the United States to join the WGS program; other countries including Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and New Zealand have since joined, jointly providing funding for the WGS-9 satellite expected to launch in a few years’ time.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 39222U 13041A   24306.96931638  .00000109  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 39222   0.0128 260.6466 0000357  13.9374 340.9351  1.00271620 40113
Source of the keplerian elements: McCants