USA-241

USA-241
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Infrared early warning IRINT
Operator	United States Air Force
COSPAR ID	2013-011A
SATCAT №	39120

Spacecraft type	SBIRS-GEO
Bus	A2100M

Start of mission
Launch date	19 March 2013, 21:21 (2013-03-19UTC21:21Z) UTC^[1]
Rocket	Atlas V 401 AV-037^[1]
Launch site	Cape Canaveral SLC-41
Contractor	ULA

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	GEO

USA-241, also known as SBIRS-GEO 2, is an American military satellite and part of the Space-Based Infrared System. It was launched on March 19, 2013 from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas V rocket.

The SBIRS satellites are a replacement for the Defense Support Program early warning system. They are intended to detect ICBM launches.

SBIRS-GEO 2 was manufactured by Lockheed Martin and is built upon the A2100M satellite bus.

In October 2013, the satellite was incorporated into the United States early warning network.^[2]

External links

SBIRS-GEO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 at Gunter's Space Page

References

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January	Kosmos 2482 · Kosmos 2483 · Kosmos 2484 \| JSE Reda 4 · Jissho Eisei \| STSAT-2C \| TDRS-11

February	Intelsat 27 \| Globalstar M078, M087, M093, M094, M095, M096 \| Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a · Amazonas 3 \| Progress M-18M \| Landsat 8 \| SARAL · Sapphire · NEOSSat · UniBRITE-1 · TUGSAT-1 · AAUSAT3 · STRaND-1

March	SpaceX CRS-2 \| USA-241 \| Satmex 8 \| Soyuz TMA-08M

April	Anik G1 \| Bion-M No.1 (Aist 2 · BeeSat-2 · BeeSat-3 · SOMP · Dove-2 · OSSI-1) \| Cygnus Mass Simulator · Dove 1 · Alexander · Graham · Bell \| Progress M-19M \| Gaofen 1 · TurkSat-3USat · NEE-01 Pegaso · CubeBug-1 \| Kosmos 2485

May	Zhongxing 11 \| Proba-V · VNREDSat 1A · ESTCube-1 \| Eutelsat 3D \| USA-242 \| USA-243 \| Soyuz TMA-09M

June	SES-6 \| Albert Einstein ATV \| Kosmos 2486 \| Shenzhou 10 \| Resurs-P No.1 \| O3b PFM, FM2, FM4, FM5 \| Kosmos 2487 \| IRIS

July	IRNSS-1A \| Uragan-M 48, 49, 50 \| Shijian XI-05 \| MUOS-2 \| Shijian 15 · Shiyan 7 · Chuangxin 3 \| Inmarsat-4A F4 · INSAT-3D \| Progress M-20M

August	Kounotori 4 (TechEdSat-3 · ArduSat-1 · ArduSat-X · Pico-Dragon) \| USA-244 \| Arirang-5 \| USA-245 \| Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 · GSAT-7 \| Amos-4

September	Yaogan 17 A, B, C \| LADEE \| Gonets-M No.14 · Gonets-M No.16 · Gonets-M No.17 \| Hisaki \| USA-246 \| Cygnus Orb-D1 \| Fengyun III-03 \| Kuaizhou-1 \| Soyuz TMA-10M \| CASSIOPE · CUSat · POPACS 1, 2, 3 · DANDE \| Astra 2E

October	Shijian 16 \| Sirius FM-6 \| Yaogan 18

November	Mars Orbiter Mission \| Soyuz TMA-11M \| Globus-1M No.13L \| MAVEN \| ORS-3 · STPSat-3 · Black Knight 1 · CAPE-2 · ChargerSat-1 · COPPER · DragonSat-1 · Firefly · Ho'oponopono-2 · Horus · KySat-2 · NPS-SCAT · ORSES · ORS Tech 1, 2 · PhoneSat 2.4 · Prometheus x 8 · SENSE A, B · SwampSat · TJ³Sat · Trailblazer-1 · Vermont Lunar CubeSat \| Yaogan 19 \| DubaiSat-2 · STSAT-3 · SkySat-1 · UniSat-5 (Dove 4 · ICube-1 · HumSat-D · PUCP-Sat 1 (Pocket-PUCP) · BeakerSat-1 · $50SAT · QBScout-1 · WREN) · AprizeSat 7, 8 · Lem · WNISat-1 · GOMX-1 · CubeBug-2 · Delfi-n3Xt · Dove 3 · First-MOVE · FUNcube-1 · HINCube-1 · KHUSat-1 · KHUSat-2 · NEE-02 Krysaor · OPTOS · Triton 1 · UWE-3 · VELOX-P2 · ZACUBE-1 · BPA-3 \| Swarm A, B, C \| Shiyan Weixing 5 \| Progress M-21M

December	Chang'e 3 (Yutu) \| SES-8 \| USA-247 · ALICE · AeroCube 5A, 5B · CUNYSAT-1 · FIREBIRD A, B · IPEX · M-Cubed-2 · SMDC-ONE 2.3, 2.4 · SNaP · TacSat-6 \| Inmarsat-5 F1 \| CBERS-3 \| Gaia \| Túpac Katari 1 \| Kosmos 2488 · Kosmos 2489 · Kosmos 2490 \| Ekspress AM5 \| Aist 1 · SKRL-756 1, 2

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

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