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Operation Burnt Frost was a military operation to intercept and destroy non-functioning U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite USA-193. [1] The mission was described by the Missile Defense Agency as a "mission of safeguarding human life against the uncontrolled re-entry of a 5,000-pound satellite containing over 1,000 pounds of hazardous hydrazine propellant". [2]
KH-4B Corona satellite U.S. Lacrosse radar spy satellite under construction A model of a German SAR-Lupe reconnaissance satellite inside a Cosmos-3M rocket. Microwave interception ( Rhyolite ) A reconnaissance satellite or intelligence satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite ) is an Earth observation satellite ...
The predicted time for the satellite entering the Earth’s atmosphere was originally 3.49pm GMT (10.49 EST) on Wednesday, however it remained orbiting the planet for up to an hour.
The recovery of the Discoverer 14 return capsule (typical for the CORONA series) A KH-4B CORONA satellite Discoverer 14 launch 1960, Thor Agena "A" launch vehicle. The CORONA [1] program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force.
“We see that it’s in a similar orbit to one of our high-value assets for the U.S. government.”
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Schematic of the Kosmos-954 on-board reactor. Kosmos 954 (Russian: Космос 954) was a reconnaissance satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1977. A malfunction prevented safe separation of its onboard nuclear reactor; when the satellite reentered the Earth's atmosphere the following year, it scattered radioactive debris over northern Canada, some of the debris landing in the Great ...
The satellite entered orbit, but lost contact with the ground within hours. [1] [non-primary source needed] In late January 2008, reports from anonymous U.S. officials indicated a U.S. spy satellite, later confirmed as USA-193, [1] was in a deteriorating orbit and was expected to crash into Earth within weeks.