Payload
USA 290
OperationalPayloadLEO
USA 290 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload satellite, launched on January 19, 2019 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 19, 2019 at 07:10 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta IV Heavy →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- NROL-71
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 415 km
- Periapsis
- 400 km
- Inclination
- 73.58°
- Orbital period
- 92.67 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 18,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 10,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-004A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43941
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational