Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Topaz 3 (USA-247) (NROL-39)
The satellites are presumably the FIA-Radar (Future Imagery Architecture - Radar) radar component of the FIA system. They are the successors of the Onyx radar satellites. In 2013 information leaked out, which indicates, that the Byman codename is Topaz. No details have been published.
Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-3E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
2013
74th orbital launch attempt
United Launch Alliance
77th mission
11th mission of 2013
76th successful mission
72nd consecutive successful mission
Atlas V
42nd mission
8th mission of 2013
41st successful mission
32nd consecutive successful mission