WGS F6 (USA 244)

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WGS F6 (USA 244) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39222

Int'l Code: 2013-041A

Perigee: 35,790.0 km

Apogee: 35,798.5 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 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.

1 39222U 13041A   18299.88128116 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    04
2 39222   0.0250 217.2401 0001003  20.5155 339.5138  1.00270000    08

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants