Payload
USA 306
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 45874
USA 306 is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload satellite, launched on July 15, 2020 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- July 15, 2020 at 01:46 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Minotaur IV →
- Operator
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems
- Mission
- NROL-129
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 435 km
- Periapsis
- 431 km
- Inclination
- 53.96°
- Orbital period
- 93.24 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 250 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 × 3 × 3 m
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2020-046B
- NORAD catalog №
- 45874
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational