USA 255

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USA 255 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40101

Int'l Code: 2014-043C

Perigee: 36,183.1 km

Apogee: 36,283.6 km

Inclination: 8.7 °

Period: 1,458.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 42604 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: July 28, 2014
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

USA 255 is a satellite that is part of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP). GSSAP satellites are a space-based capability operating in the near-geosynchronous orbit regime supporting U.S. Strategic Command space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network (SSN) sensor.

1 40101U 14043C   25316.82605565  .00000047  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 40101   8.7273  59.3922 0011794 316.0088  43.7913  0.98723891 23169

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants