Geostationary
WGS 10 (USA 291)
Military Wideband Communications · US Space Force
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The tenth WGS satellite, completing the planned Wideband Global SATCOM constellation. Together the ten WGS satellites provide the US and its allies with more military broadband satellite capacity than the rest of the world combined. The constellation has transformed military operations — drones can stream 4K video, submarines can receive intelligence updates, and special operations forces can access classified databases from virtually anywhere on Earth.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,241–22,242 mi (35,794–35,795 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 44071
- Int’l designator
- 2019-014A
- Launched
- 2019
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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