Payload
USA 234
OperationalPayloadLEO
USA 234 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload satellite, launched on April 3, 2012 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 3, 2012 at 11:12 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta IV M+(5,2) →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,106 km
- Periapsis
- 1,102 km
- Inclination
- 123°
- Orbital period
- 107.35 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- Manufacturer
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 7,000 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-014A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38109
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational