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USA 45

former American SIGINT satellite
Vehicle signals_intelligence_satellite Q111500263
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Key Facts

  • Country: United States[1]
  • Instance of: former entity[2]
  • Operator: United States Air Force[3]
  • Follows: Q141504205[4]
  • Followed by: USA 81[5]
  • Manufacturer: Lockheed Corporation[6]
  • Part of: P-11[7]
  • Space launch vehicle: Titan 23G[8]
  • Country of origin: United States[9]
  • Powered by: spacecraft solar array[10]
  • Type of orbit: low Earth orbit[11]
  • UTC date of spacecraft launch: September 6, 1989[12]
  • Time of object orbit decay: September 13, 1989[13]
  • Significant event: rocket launch[14], failure[15], atmospheric entry[16]
  • Start point: Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4 West[17]
  • Mass: 1360 kg[18]
  • Service life: 3 years[19]

Related Entities

artificial satellite

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . designation-systems.net. designation-systems.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Huntster · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → rocket launch, failure, atmospheric entry
    Followed by → USA 81
    Space launch vehicle → Titan 23G
    Powered by → spacecraft solar array
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Mass: 1,360 kilogram, Copying from Q141504205"
  2. 11d ago · Huntster · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Satellite", "20220"]
    Cospar id → 1989-072A
    Wolfram language entity code → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Cospar id: 1989-072A"
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