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NROL-22
Delta IV M+(4,2) · Government/Top Secret
2006Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg
Mission
These spacecraft are probably the replacement for the Trumpet SIGINT satellites operating in a Molniya orbit. As no name is known, these are referred here as "Trumpet Follow On". Possibly these satellites might be named Raven. These satellite most likely use a large, unfurlable dish antenna to collect the signals. Advances in both antenna and electronics technologies have allowed for a large reduction in size compared the Trumpet predecessors.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Delta IV M+(4,2)
- Orbit
- HEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 6
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2