USSF-44

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United States Space Force mission national security space mission

USSF-44 is a classified U.S. Space Force national security mission launched on a Falcon Heavy rocket to deploy military payloads into geostationary orbit.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
USSF-44 canonical	1
USSF-44 main spacecraft (classified)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Space Force mission ⓘ national security space mission ⓘ
boosterSideCoreRecovery	successful landing of side boosters ⓘ
boosterType	Falcon Heavy rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon Heavy side boosters
classificationStatus	classified ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
customer	United States Space Force ⓘ surface form: U.S. Space Force Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
launchAzimuth	eastward from Florida toward GEO transfer orbit ⓘ
launchContractType	National Security Space Launch (NSSL) ⓘ
launchCountry	United States of America ⓘ
launchDate	2022-11-01 ⓘ
launchDateTimeUTC	2022-11-01T13:41:00Z ⓘ
launchLocation	Florida ⓘ Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
launchMassClassification	heavy-lift payload ⓘ
launchOutcome	success ⓘ
launchProvider	SpaceX ⓘ
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ LC-39A ⓘ
launchVehicle	Falcon Heavy rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon Heavy
missionDomain	military communications (suspected) ⓘ space domain awareness (suspected) ⓘ
missionSecurityLevel	highly classified ⓘ
missionType	military ⓘ national security ⓘ
notableFeature	first operational Falcon Heavy mission for U.S. Space Force ⓘ used expendable center core to maximize performance to GEO ⓘ
operator	United States Space Force ⓘ
orbitType	GEO ⓘ geostationary orbit ⓘ
payload	LDPE-2 ⓘ LINUSS-1 ⓘ LINUSS-1 ⓘ surface form: LINUSS-2 Norwegian NORSAT-2 military communications payload (hosted) ⓘ Shepard Demonstration ⓘ TETRA-1 ⓘ
primaryPayload	USSF-44 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USSF-44 main spacecraft (classified)
program	National Security Space Launch (NSSL) ⓘ surface form: National Security Space Launch program
relatedOrganization	Space Systems Command ⓘ U.S. Space Command ⓘ surface form: United States Space Command
rocketCoreRecovery	no core recovery ⓘ
spacecraftDestination	near-geosynchronous orbit ⓘ
stagingProfile	multi-burn upper stage to GEO or near-GEO ⓘ
usesPropulsion	Falcon Heavy rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon Heavy expendable center core

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Falcon Heavy rocket → notableMission → USSF-44 ⓘ

subject surface form: Falcon Heavy

USSF-44 → primaryPayload → USSF-44 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: USSF-44 main spacecraft (classified)