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Class: ELINT. Type: Naval reconnaisance. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Navy. New generation of NOSS naval reconnaissance satellites. However earlier NOSS weighed only 2,000 kg; Titan 4 booster has seven times this capacity. What else was launched?
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NOSS-2 Chronology
08 June 1990
USA 59 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. Perigee: 268 km. Apogee: 284 km. Inclination: 61.0 deg. First launch by Titan 4 of new generation of NOSS naval reconnaissance satellites. However earlier NOSS weighed only 2,000 kg; Titan 4 booster has seven times this capacity. What else was launched?
08 November 1991
USA 72 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. Second launch by Titan 4 of new generation of NOSS naval reconnaissance satellites. However earlier NOSS weighed only 2,000 kg; Titan 4 booster has seven times this capacity. What else was launched?
02 August 1993
NOSS 19 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. FAILURE: Exploded 101 sec. after liftoff. Third attempted launch by Titan 4 of new generation of NOSS naval reconnaissance satellites. No known launches of this system thereafter.
12 May 1996
USA 122 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. Perigee: 1,060 km. Apogee: 1,156 km. Inclination: 63.4 deg.
Bibliography:- 172 - McDowell, Jonathon, Quest, "US Reconnaissance Satellite Programs Part 2", 1995, Volume 4, Issue 4, page 49.
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