Wise One Looks AheadNROL-162

Success Rocket Lab, Electron

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Mission

Government/Top Secret · LEO

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbit
USA 334 2022-079A Payload 490 × 508 km · 40.0° Globe
ELECTRON R/B 2022-079B Rocket body re-entered 2022-10-02
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B 2022-079C Rocket body 559 × 563 km · 40.0° Globe

COSPAR ID 2022-079 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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