Payload
USA 179
OperationalPayloadHEO
USA 179 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force payload satellite, launched on August 31, 2004 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 31, 2004 at 11:17 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas IIAS →
- Operator
- Lockheed Martin
- Mission
- NROL-1 (Quasar 15)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 39,475 km
- Periapsis
- 878 km
- Inclination
- 63.97°
- Orbital period
- 717.76 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Space and Communications Co.
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 3,500 kg
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Data Relay
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2004-034A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28384
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational