USA-246

United States military communications satellite
Vehicle advanced_extremely_high_frequency Q15261061
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USA-246

Summary

USA-246 is an Advanced Extremely High Frequency[1]. USA-246 draws 13 Wikipedia views per month (advanced_extremely_high_frequency category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • USA-246's image is recorded as AEHF 1.jpg[3].
  • USA-246's instance of is recorded as Advanced Extremely High Frequency[4].
  • USA-246's operator is recorded as United States Space Force[5].
  • USA-246's follows is recorded as USA-235[6].
  • USA-246's followed by is recorded as USA-288[7].
  • USA-246's manufacturer is recorded as Lockheed Martin Space[8].
  • USA-246's manufacturer is recorded as Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems[9].
  • USA-246's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2013-050A[10].
  • USA-246's space launch vehicle is recorded as Atlas V 531[11].
  • USA-246's SCN is recorded as 39256[12].
  • USA-246's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • USA-246's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2013-09-18T00:00:00Z[14].
  • USA-246's spacecraft bus is recorded as A2100[15].
  • USA-246's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[16].
  • USA-246's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41[17].
  • USA-246's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+6168'}[18].

Why It Matters

USA-246 draws 13 Wikipedia views per month (advanced_extremely_high_frequency category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . lockheedmartin.com. lockheedmartin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . lockheedmartin.com. lockheedmartin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_usa-246_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{USA-246}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/usa-246}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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