UCS-Satellite-Database
| Id | Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Current Official Name of Satellite | Country/Org of UN Registry | Country of Operator/Owner | Operator/Owner | Users | Purpose | Detailed Purpose | Class of Orbit | Type of Orbit | Longitude of GEO (degrees) | Perigee (km) | Apogee (km) | Eccentricity | Inclination (degrees) | Period (minutes) | Launch Mass (kg.) | Dry Mass (kg.) | Power (watts) | Date of Launch | Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | Contractor | Country of Contractor | Launch Site | Launch Vehicle | COSPAR Number | NORAD Number | Comments | Source Used for Orbital Data | Source |
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| 1104 | Improved Trumpet 4 (NROL-22, National Reconnaissance Office Launch-22, SBIRS HEO-1, Twins 1, USA 184) | USA 184 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | Military | Earth Observation | Electronic Intelligence | Elliptical | Molniya | 0 | 1,111 | 37,564 | 7.09E-01 | 63 | 684 | 4,000 | 2006/6/28 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Delta 4 | 2006-027A | 29249 | Speculation on purpose - HEO indicates possible SBIRS-HEO test payload; may also carry NASA's TWINS-A science payload to map the Earth's magnetosphere. | SC - ASCR | http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.567 | |||
| 1105 | Improved Trumpet 5 (NROL-28, National Reconnaissance Office Launch-28, SBIRS HEO-2, Twins 2, USA 200) | USA 200 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | Military | Earth Observation | Electronic Intelligence | Elliptical | Molniya | 0 | 1,112 | 37,580 | 7.09E-01 | 63.56 | 684 | 4,200 | 2008/3/13 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Atlas 5 | 2008-010A | 32706 | Reported to be carrying signals intelligence and early warning payloads. | SC - ASCR | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx653.html | |||
| 1106 | Improved Trumpet 6 (NROL-35, National Reconnaissance Office Launch-35, SBIRS HEO-3, USA 259) | USA 259 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | Military | Earth Observation | Electronic Intelligence | Elliptical | Molniya | 0 | 2,103 | 37,746 | 6.78E-01 | 62.85 | 707.55 | 4,200 | 2014/12/13 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Atlas 5 | 2014-081A | 40344 | NROL-35 will not carry a TWINS payload, it is likely that it will play host to the third SBIRS-HEO instrument. | ZARYA | http://www.matthewaid.com/post/105170623851/classified-nro-satellite-launched-on-friday-has | |||
| 1107 | Improved Trumpet 7 (NROL-42, National Reconnaissance Office Launch-42, SBIRS HEO-4, USA 278) | USA 278 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | Military | Earth Observation | Electronic Intelligence | Elliptical | Molniya | 0 | 1,738 | 38,111 | 6.92E-01 | 63.8 | 707.7 | 8,000 | 2017/9/24 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Atlas 5 | 2017-056A | 42941 | NROL surveillance of satellites tr Elliptical. | JM/8_18 | https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/09/24/signals-intelligence-gatherer-successfully-launched-by-powerful-atlas-5-rocket/ | |||
| 1720 | NROL RASR Smallsat-2 (USA 301) | USA 301 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | Military | Unknown | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 585 | 600 | 1.08E-03 | 97.7 | 96.5 | 2020/6/13 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | Electron | 2020-037A | 45723 | NRO secured the launch of the three satellites on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket through the NRO’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket, or RASR, contract vehicle. | JMSatcat/7_20 | https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/06/13/university-built-cubesat-launched-with-swarm-of-auroral-science-nodes/ | |||||
| 1721 | NROL RASR Smallsat-3 (USA 302) | USA 302 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | Military | Unknown | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 585 | 600 | 1.08E-03 | 97.7 | 96.5 | 2020/6/13 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | Electron | 2020-037B | 45724 | JMSatcat/7_20 | https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/06/13/university-built-cubesat-launched-with-swarm-of-auroral-science-nodes/ | ||||||
| 1722 | NROL RASR Smallsat-4 (USA 303) | USA 303 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | Military | Unknown | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 585 | 600 | 1.08E-03 | 97.7 | 96.5 | 2020/6/13 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | Electron | 2020-037C | 45725 | JMSatcat/7_20 | https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/06/13/university-built-cubesat-launched-with-swarm-of-auroral-science-nodes/ | ||||||
| 2361 | Rapid Pathfinder Program (NROL-66, USA 225) | USA 225 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | Military | Technology Development | LEO | Polar | 0 | 1,199 | 1,202 | 1.98E-04 | 90 | 109.42 | 350 | 2011/2/6 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Minotaur 4 | 2011-006A | 37364 | ZARYA | http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/nrol66/index.html | |||||
| 2468 | SDS III-5 (Satellite Data System) (NRO L-24, USA 198, Quasar) | USA 198 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force | Military | Communications | Data Relay | Elliptical | Molniya | 0 | 400 | 39,966 | 7.45E-01 | 60 | 718 | 2007/12/10 | 10 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Cape Canaveral | Atlas 5 | 2007-060A | 32378 | Real-time data relay from reconnaissance satellites. | GS | http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/jsr.html | |||
| 2469 | SDS III-6 (Satellite Data System) NRO L-27, USA 227, Quasar) | USA 227 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force | Military | Communications | Data Relay | GEO | 131.06 | 35,770 | 35,803 | 3.91E-04 | 4.7 | 1436.1 | 2011/3/2 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Cape Canaveral | Delta 4 | 2011-011A | 37377 | Real-time data relay from reconnaissance satellites. | JM/5_11 | http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2011/04/on-nrol-27-mission-patch-and-satellites.html | |||||
| 2470 | SDS III-7 (Satellite Data System) NRO L-38, USA 236, Quasar) | USA 236 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force | Military | Communications | Data Relay | GEO | -10.11 | 35,771 | 35,805 | 4.03E-04 | 3.8 | 1436.1 | 2012/6/20 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Cape Canaveral | Atlas 5 | 2012-033A | 38466 | Real-time data relay from reconnissance satellites. | ZARYA | http://www.spaceflight101.com/nrol-38-launch-updates.html | |||||
| 2471 | SDS III-8 (Satellite Data System) NRO L-33, USA 252, Quasar) | USA 252 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force | Military | Communications | Data Relay | GEO | 170.09 | 35,500 | 35,500 | 0.00E+00 | 4 | 1436.1 | 2014/5/22 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Cape Canaveral | Atlas 5 | 2014-027A | 39751 | Real-time data relay from reconnissance satellites. | ZARYA | http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2014 | |||||
| 2472 | SDS IV-1 (Satellite Data System, NRO L-61, USA 269, Quasar) | USA 269 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force | Military | Communications | Data Relay | GEO | 92.01 | 35,777 | 35,796 | 2.25E-04 | 4.92 | 1436.1 | 2016/7/28 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Cape Canaveral | Atlas 5 | 2016-047A | 41724 | Possible 4th generation of data relay satellites. | JMSatcat/3_16 | https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/07/atlas-v-launch-nrol-61-reconnaissance-satellite/ | |||||
| 2473 | SDS IV-2 (Satellite Data System, NRO L-62, USA 279, Quasar) | USA 279 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force | Military | Communications | Data Relay | GEO | 91.07 | 35,786 | 35,802 | 1.90E-04 | 4.9 | 1436.1 | 2017/10/15 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Cape Canaveral | Atlas 5 | 2017-066A | 42949 | Second of 4th generation. | JMSatcat/3_18 | https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/10/15/atlas-5-pierces-the-night-to-boost-national-security-satellite-into-space/ | |||||
| 2598 | SLDCOM-3 (Satellite Launch Dispenser Communications System) (USA 119) | USA 119 | USA | USA | National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | Military | Communications | Elliptical | Molniya | 0 | 1,200 | 11,600 | 4.07E-01 | 63.4 | 240 | 1996/5/12 | National Reconnaissance Laboratory | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Titan IV | 1996-029A | 23893 | Provides tactical intelligence focused support to broad community of users consisting of uniformed military services and government agencies for both exercises and operations. | GS | http://host.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.461 |
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