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Launch Partial Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
15:12:00
Friday June 15, 2007
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Premature cutoff of the Centaur upper stage left both satellites in lower than intended orbits, but they were able to recover using their own power.
NOSS-3 (Naval Ocean Surveillance System), which is likely not the official designation, is the third generation of NOSS satellites, which are low orbit SIGINT satellites. In 2013, the designation Intruder leaked out. These satellites carry equipment to track ships and aircraft via their radio transmissions. Positions of the origin of the transmissions are determined by triangulation. Each launch consists of two satellites of similar size in the same orbit. Both satellites maneuver to stationkeep relative to one another.
2 Payloads
Agency
ULAPrice
$109.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.81m
Height: 58.3m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 9,797 kg
GTO: 4,750 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,826 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.2m
Height: 13.8m
Stages
2
10th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2007
5th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2007
29th
Orbital launch attempt