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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
04:52:00
Friday August 19, 2016
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GSSAP (Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program) or Hornet is a series of space surveillance satellites developed covertly by the Air Force and Orbital Sciences to provide 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.
Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman
Operator: United States Space Force
Geosynchronous Orbit
2 Payloads
Agency
ULAPrice
$164.00 million
Rocket
Height: 62.5m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 10,440 kg
GTO: 6,390 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,895 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4m
Height: 11.75m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
2
24th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2016
110th
Mission
7th
Mission of 2016
52nd
Orbital launch attempt