USSF-44
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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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| 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
→
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.
subject surface form: "Falcon Heavy"
this entity surface form: "USSF-44 main spacecraft (classified)"