USA 202

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USA 202 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 33490

Int'l Code: 2009-001A

Perigee: 35,761.3 km

Apogee: 35,823.9 km

Inclination: 6.0 °

Period: 1,436.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42163 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: January 18, 2009
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

USA 202, previously NRO Launch 26 or NROL-26, is a classified spacecraft which is to be operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office. It is believed to be either the first Intruder, or an Advanced Orion, ELINT satellite. According to Aviation Week it, "Fundamentally involves America's biggest, most secret and expensive military spacecraft on board the world's largest rocket." The combined cost of the spacecraft and launch vehicle has been estimated to be over US$2 billion. (Wikipedia)

1 33490U 09001A   20325.80395914 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    03
2 33490   6.0380  33.6616 0007420 291.9043  68.0957  1.00275815    08

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants