USA-224
Mission type | Optical imaging |
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Operator | US NRO |
COSPAR ID | 2011-002A |
SATCAT no. | 37348 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | KH-11 |
Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 20 January 2011, 21:10:30 | UTC
Rocket | SLC-6 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 270 kilometers (170 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 986 kilometers (613 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 97.92 degrees[1] |
Period | 97.13 minutes[1] |
Epoch | 5 August 2014, 00:12:52 UTC[1] |
USA-224, also known as NROL-49, is an American
Project history and cost
After the Boeing-led Future Imagery Architecture program failed in 2005, the National Reconnaissance Office ordered two more KH-11s. Critics worried that each of these "exquisite-class"[2] satellites would cost more than the Navy's latest aircraft carrier (US$6.35 billion in 2005, or about $9,910,000,000 today[3]).[4][5] Instead, USA-224–the first of these two–was completed by Lockheed $2 billion under the initial budget estimate and two years ahead of schedule.[6]
Launch
USA-224 was launched atop a
The satellite began operating 33 days after its predecessor, USA-161, stopped doing its primary mission. This coverage gap was much smaller than originally feared, thanks to USA-224's earlier-than-planned launch and operational changes to extend the lifetime of USA-161.[6]
As the fifteenth KH-11 satellite to be launched, USA-224 is a member of one of the later block configurations occasionally
Imaging of Safir launch preparation accident
On 30 August 2019, President
See also
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