* Astronomy

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Home -> Astronomy News -> Mission News -> NRO L-30 Launch
Post Info TOPIC: NRO L-30 Launch
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
NROL-30 satellite
Permalink  
 

USA 194, also listed as NROL-30, is an American military satellite that was launched from Cape Canaveral by an Atlas 5 rocket at 15:12 UT on 15 June 2007.
Read more



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
NRO L-30 Launch
Permalink  
 


June 15, 2007. Atlas V Launch of USA 194/ NROL 30 from Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral AFS, FL.



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

Whatever it is the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) does with its secret spy sats, these two will apparently struggle. According to Aviation Week and Space Technology, the Centaur second stage of the Atlas V launcher failed to make its second positioning burn correctly. The two surveillance birds reached an orbit, but not the intended one.

It seems the two spacecraft may have to use a significant proportion of their manoeuvring fuel to get into a useful position, which would seriously affect their service life. Spy satellites need to change track over the Earth's surface fairly frequently in order to get a good look at areas of interest.

Source

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Iranian shining cloud
Permalink  
 

A shining object was seen in the sky in the western city of Kouhdasht in Lorestan province Saturday night.

The information centre of provincial police department reported hat a number of Kouhdasht residents observed "a yellow fixed object n the western part of Kouhdasht's sky which started moving after a short while towards the western city of Ilam in the nearby province of Ilam."

Meanwhile, some residents in the provincial capital city of Khorramabad contacted IRNA on Saturday night claiming that they had observed "an unknown shining object over local mountains." The citizens also said that the object was so shining that it had lit parts of the nearby mounts in Khorramabad's suburbs.
The information centre of the provincial police department further reported that investigations were underway to identify the object.

Source Islamic Republic News Agency

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
RE: NRO L-30 Launch
Permalink  
 

A pair of top-secret ocean surveillance spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral on Friday morning, but the Atlas 5 rocket's upper stage failed to deliver them to the targeted orbit, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.

Read more

The orbit correction was possibly captured by Babak A. Tafreshi, an astronomer from Tehran, on June 15th.
A strange high altitude cloud was seen, and photographed, by sky gazers around Iran.

Negative high contrast image of the cloud
TafreshiCloud
Expand (242kb, 1024 x 768)
Credit Babak A. Tafreshi

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
USA 194
Permalink  
 

USA 194    
Low Earth Orbit
NORAD Catalogue Number 31701    
International Designator 2007-027A

Two top secret National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) ocean surveillance spacecraft were fired into the wrong orbit June 15 when the 200-foot-tall Atlas V rocket they were riding on stopped firing too early in space following launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The top secret satellites separated safely from the malfunctioning booster, however, and have enough rocket propellant to continue their mission, an official said on background.

Read more


TLE Data

Restricted

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
RE: NRO L-30 Launch
Permalink  
 

A rocket carrying an intelligence-gathering payload for the Pentagon launched on Friday, a day after being delayed for technical problems.
The Atlas V rocket launched successfully at 11:14 a.m. The Thursday attempt was scrubbed because of problems with the safety mechanism that destroys the rocket in case of malfunction.
The rocket is hauling a payload from the National Reconnaissance Office, a division of the Department of Defence that builds and operates spy satellites.

Read more


nrol30_launch

An unmanned heavy-lift Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday to put a secret payload into orbit.
The rocket, built by Lockheed Martin Corp. and marketed under a new Lockheed-Boeing Co. joint venture called United Launch Alliance, lifted off at 11:12 a.m. EDT (15:12 GMT) and headed out over the Atlantic Ocean.

Source

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket (AV-009) in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage will launch the  NRO L-30 classified spacecraft for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, from  the SLC-41 pad, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, between 13:00-16:00 GMT, 14th June.

The two satellites of the National Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS) flight, designated NRO L-30, have a combined mass of about 6.5 tons and will use primarily electronic intelligence (elint) techniques combined with interferometry, to  track potential enemy movements at sea.

__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket (AV-009) in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage, is to  launch a classified spacecraft payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from SLC-41, Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, on June 14th, 2007.

A secret National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) dual-satellite ocean surveillance mission to track potential terrorist movements at sea and monitor Chinese and Iranian ship tactics is being readied for liftoff June 14 from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas V.
The National Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS) flight is designated NRO L-30.
Read more

__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Home -> Astronomy News -> Mission News -> NRO L-30 Launch


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard