NOSS-3 4A & 4B (USA-194) (NROL-30)

Launch Partial Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

15:12:00

Friday June 15, 2007

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Launch Notes

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 4A & 4B (USA-194) (NROL-30)

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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

Rocket

Retired
Atlas V 401

Active 2002 to 2022

United Launch Alliance logo

Agency

ULA

Price

$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

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Atlas V


10th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2007

United Launch Alliance


5th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2007

2007


29th

Orbital launch attempt