LaunchesNROL-12
Lockheed MartinSUCCESS
NROL-12
Atlas IIAS · Communications
2001Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
The primary purpose of the SDS satellites is to relay imagery from low-flying reconnaissance satellites, notably the Keyhole optical reconnaissance and Lacrosse/Onyx radar reconnaissance satellites to ground stations in the United States.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Rocket
- Atlas IIAS
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2