NOSS-2 subsatellite

Class: SIGINT. Type: Naval reconnaisance. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Navy.

NOSS-2 detected the location of naval vessels using radio interferometry, and consisted of a main spacecraft and two subsatellites, which kept station several hundred meters apart.

Typical orbit: 1111 km circular orbit, 63.4 deg inclination. Associated Launch Vehicle: Titan 4.

NOSS-2 subsatellite Chronology

1990 June 8 - USA 61 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. Perigee: 920 km (571 mi). Apogee: 1,304 km (810 mi). Inclination: 63.42 deg. Period: 107.44 min.

1990 June 8 - USA 62 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. Perigee: 920 km (572 mi). Apogee: 1,303 km (810 mi). Inclination: 63.42 deg. Period: 107.44 min.

1990 June 8 - USA 60 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. Perigee: 1,071 km (665 mi). Apogee: 1,146 km (712 mi). Inclination: 63.40 deg. Period: 107.45 min.

1991 November 8 - USA 77 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. Perigee: 954 km (593 mi). Apogee: 1,270 km (789 mi). Inclination: 63.43 deg. Period: 107.44 min.

1991 November 8 - USA 74 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. Perigee: 954 km (593 mi). Apogee: 1,270 km (789 mi). Inclination: 63.43 deg. Period: 107.44 min.

1991 November 8 - USA 76 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. Perigee: 954 km (593 mi). Apogee: 1,270 km (789 mi). Inclination: 63.43 deg. Period: 107.44 min.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

USAF Satellite Database, USAF Institute of Technology, 1995. Accessed at: ftp://archive.afit.af.mil/pub/space/.

JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Accessed at: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.

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