Payload
USA 259
OperationalPayloadHEO
USA 259 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload satellite, launched on December 13, 2014 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 13, 2014 at 03:19 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 541 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- NROL-35 (USA-259)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 38,891 km
- Periapsis
- 1,464 km
- Inclination
- 63.09°
- Orbital period
- 717.77 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- Manufacturer
- National Reconnaissance Laboratory
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 4,000 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Electronic Intelligence
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-081A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40344
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational