USA 207

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USA 207
Start date September 8, 2009, 21:35 ( UTC )
Launcher Atlas V (401)
Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-41
COSPAR-ID : 2009-047A
Mass in orbit about 2 t
Manufacturer Lockheed Martin
Satellite bus A2100
Stabilization three axes
operator unnamed US intelligence agency
List of geostationary satellites
USA 207 in a long-term photo of the night sky

USA-207 , also Palladium At Night ( PAN ) or P360 , is an American communications satellite . The US government did not disclose which of its intelligence agencies operate the satellite.

The three-axis stabilized satellite was by Lockheed Martin built and based on the A2100 - satellite bus . The contract to build PAN was signed in October 2006 and the launch was originally scheduled to take place 30 months later in March 2009.

USA 207 was launched on September 8, 2009 by the United Launch Alliance with an Atlas V (401) (serial number AV-018) from Launch Complex 41 of Cape Canaveral AFS and separated about two hours after launch from the rocket into a transfer orbit 13544 × 35400 km × 23.1 °.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jonathan McDowell: Issue 615 . In: Jonathan's Space Report . Jonathan's Space Page. September 10, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b Dwayne Day: PAN's labyrinth . The Space Review. August 24, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  3. ↑ Nemesis 1, 2 (PAN, CLIO / P360) on Gunter's Space Page, accessed April 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ US Air Force 45th Space Wing: Atlas V set for Cape Launch Sept. 8 ( MS Word ; 0.2 MB) Florida Today. September 4, 2009. Archived from the original on September 20, 2009. Retrieved on September 5, 2009.
  5. ↑ Craig Covault: Secret PAN satellite leads Cape milspace launch surge . Spaceflight Now. May 26, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  6. ↑ Highlights . Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. P. 28 (PDF page 29). Spring 2007. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
  7. ^ Tariq Malik: Atlas 5 Rocket to Secret Satellite . Space.com. August 30, 2009. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved on August 31, 2009.