LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Wed Jun 28 2006
United States Air Force
NROL-22 (Trumpet 4)
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(3:33 AM UTC)
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(3:33 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(3:33 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Delta IV M+(4,2)Description:
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