Payload
USA 252
OperationalPayloadGEO
USA 252 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force payload satellite, launched on May 22, 2014 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 22, 2014 at 01:09 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 401 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- NROL-33 (Quasar)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,794 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 5.93°
- Orbital period
- 1436.07 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- National Reconnaissance Laboratory
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 3,500 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Data Relay
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-027A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39751
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational