Payload
USA 229
OperationalPayloadLEO
USA 229 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Navy payload satellite, launched on April 15, 2011 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 15, 2011 at 04:24 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 411 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,363 km
- Periapsis
- 845 km
- Inclination
- 63.42°
- Orbital period
- 107.35 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Navy
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin
- Users
- Military
- Detailed purpose
- Electronic Intelligence
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-014A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37386
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational