| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | AEHF-3 (Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite-3, USA 246) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | US Air Force |
| Users | Military |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | |
| Perigee (km) | 35700 |
| Apogee (km) | 35700 |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 20.39 |
| Period (minutes) | 1306.29 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 6169 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 18-09-2013 |
| Expected Lifetime | 14 yrs. |
| Contractor | Lockheed Martin Space Systems |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Cape Canaveral |
| Launch Vehicle | Atlas 5 |
| COSPAR Number | 2013-050A |
| NORAD Number | 39256 |
| Comments | Third in constellation. |