Launch Alert | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander
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Success
Wed Jun 28 2006
United States Air Force

NROL-22 (Trumpet 4)

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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Rocket Details

Name:

Delta IV M+(4,2)

Description:

Delta IV M+(4,2) rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • These spacecraft are probably the replacement for the Trumpet SIGINT satellites operating in a Molniya orbit. As no name is known, these are referred here as "Trumpet Follow On". Possibly these satellites might be named Raven. These satellite most likely use a large, unfurlable dish antenna to collect the signals. Advances in both antenna and electronics technologies have allowed for a large reduction in size compared the Trumpet predecessors.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 6