USA 247 (NROL-39)

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USA 247 (NROL-39) is classified as:

• Military

NORAD ID: 39462
Int'l Code: 2013-072A
Perigee: 1,109.6 km
Apogee: 1,112.6 km
Inclination: 123.0 °
Period: 107.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7482 km
RCS: Unknown
Launch date: December 6, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

USA 247 is owned by the National Reconnaissance Office, but government officials do not disclose the identities of the NRO's spacecraft, only saying the payload will serve national security purposes. Independent satellite-watchers believe the spacecraft will join the NRO's fleet of spacecraft with radars to penetrate cloaks of clouds and darkness and reveal what adversaries are doing regardless of weather or time of day.

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1 39462U 13072A   17172.88863907 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    07
2 39462 122.9997 279.9086 0002000  14.6048 345.3952 13.41419231    01

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants