Payload
USA 269
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 41724
USA 269 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force payload satellite, launched on July 28, 2016 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- July 28, 2016 at 12:37 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 421 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- NROL-61
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,803 km
- Periapsis
- 35,770 km
- Inclination
- 3.78°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/US Air Force
- Manufacturer
- National Reconnaissance Laboratory
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 5,600 kg
- Dimensions
- 6 × 3 × 3 m
- Detailed purpose
- Data Relay
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-047A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41724
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational