Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:59:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4584 ever
Mission
The U.S. Air Force Space Command operates 10 Phase III DSCS satellites providing defense officials and battlefield commanders secure voice and high rate data communications. The DSCS III system also transmits space operations and early warning data to various systems and users.
Deployed payloads · 1