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This is a list of NRO Launch (NROL) designations for satellites operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office. Those missions are generally classified, so that their exact purposes and orbital elements are not published.
5 August 2014, 00:12:52 UTC [1] USA-224 , also known as NROL-49 , is an American reconnaissance satellite . Launched in 2011 to replace the decade-old USA-161 satellite, it is the fifteenth KH-11 optical imaging satellite to reach orbit.
On 20 January 2011, at 1:10 p.m. PST, USA-224 (NROL-49) was launched atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket. The launch was conducted by ULA and was the first flight of a Delta IV Heavy from Vandenberg. The launch was conducted by ULA and was the first flight of a Delta IV Heavy from Vandenberg.
USA-247, also known as NRO Launch 39 or NROL-39, is an American reconnaissance satellite, operated by the National Reconnaissance Office and launched in December 2013. The USA-247 launch received a relatively high level of press coverage due to the mission's choice of logo, which depicts an octopus sitting astride the globe with the motto "Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach". [2]
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On June 15, 2021, NROL-111, a set of three classified satellites, [49] was successfully launched aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur I rocket. [50] On July 13, 2022, NROL-162 was launched aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand. [ 51 ]
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SpaceX Zuma mission patch USA-280 (codenamed " Zuma ") was a classified United States government satellite that was launched by SpaceX on 8 January 2018, on the 47th flight of the Falcon 9 rocket. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The National Reconnaissance Office was in charge of the Zuma project, [ 5 ] though its purpose has not been disclosed.