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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.
The National Reconnaissance Office logo. 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.
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.
The U.S. Space Force and a Boeing-Lockheed joint venture sent a secret reconnaissance payload to orbit on Tuesday atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket, the last flight of a workhorse launch vehicle brand ...
On June 15, 2021, NROL-111, a set of three classified satellites, [49] was successfully launched aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur I rocket. ... (NROL-11) mission patch.
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]
NROL-32 was a Delta IV Heavy launch, carrying a satellite for NRO. The payload is speculated to be the largest satellite sent into space. After a delay from 19 October 2010, the rocket lifted off on 21 November 2010. [91] NROL-49 lifted off from Vandenberg AFB on 20 January 2011. [52]
Orion 7 / Mentor 5 (USA-223 / NROL-32) Delta IV Heavy: Success 15 20 January 2011 Vandenberg, SLC-6: KH-11 Kennen 15 (USA-224 / NROL-49) Delta IV Heavy: Success 16 11 March 2011 Cape Canaveral, SLC-37B: USA-227 Delta IV Medium: Success 17 16 July 2011 Cape Canaveral, SLC-37B: USA-232 (GPS IIF-2) Delta IV Medium: Success [15] 18 20 January 2012