Trumpet
Spacecraft · USA
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American military signals intelligence satellite. 3 launches, 1994.05.03 (USA 103) to 1997.11.08 (USA 136). ELINT satellite built by Boeing for USAF, USA. Launched 1994 - 1997.
Trumpet signals intelligence satellites were equipped with a large deployable mesh antenna, and were designed to monitor Soviet communications and missile tests. They were placed into Molniya-type orbits. The structural limitation of the Centaur upper stage implies their mass was limited to 5200 kg, although the theoretical payload of the Titan IV launch vehicle into a Molniya-type orbit was more like 8,000 kg.
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Related
- Family
- Molniya orbit, SIGINT
- Country
- USA
- Launch Vehicles
- Titan, Titan 4, Titan 401A/Centaur
- Launch Sites
- Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral LC41
- Agency
- USAF