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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
04:03:30
Tuesday September 21, 2010
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USA-215, also known as NRO Launch 41 or NROL-41, is an American reconnaissance satellite, operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. Launched in 2010, it has been identified as the first in a new series of radar imaging satellites, developed as part of the Future Imagery Architecture programme, to replace the earlier Lacrosse spacecraft.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Agency
ULAPrice
$120.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.81m
Height: 62.2m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 8,210 kg
GTO: 3,780 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,826 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.4m
Height: 26.5m
Stages
2
23rd
Mission
4th
Mission of 2010
43rd
Mission
6th
Mission of 2010
48th
Orbital launch attempt