USA 259

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USA 259 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40344

Int'l Code: 2014-081A

Launch date: December 13, 2014
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

NROL-35 is a top-secret satellite-delivery flight for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The NRO is the secretive government agency that controls the country's spy satellites. The identity and purpose of the payload launched Friday were not released to the public. But speculation centered on a new generation of electronic signals intelligence-gathering satellite, commonly referred to as Trumpet, and that flies in a Molniya-style orbit of 700 by 23,300 miles (1,127 by 37,498 km).

1 40344U 14081A   26118.66795364 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    06
2 40344  63.0393  80.2665 7042097 272.0038  15.2325  2.00612648    06

Source of the keplerian elements: MCCANTS