AEHF 4 (USA 288)

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AEHF 4 (USA 288) is classified as:

Geostationary
Military

NORAD ID: 43651

Int'l Code: 2018-079A

Perigee: 35,577.9 km

Apogee: 36,008.9 km

Inclination: 1.7 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 17, 2018
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

AEHF is a joint service satellite communications system which will provide survivable, global, secure, protected, and jam-resistant communications for high-priority military ground, sea, and air assets. The AEHF system is the follow-on to the Milstar system, augmenting, improving and expanding the Department of Defense's Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) architecture.

1 43651U 18079A   24118.89864500 -.00000265  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 43651   1.7400 330.5492 0051110  13.3623 128.7723  1.00273048 20473

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants