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NROL-12

Atlas IIAS

Lockheed Martin

Launch Status
Success

Mission

NROL-12 (Quasar 14)

Type: Communications

The primary purpose of the SDS satellites is to relay imagery from low-flying reconnaissance satellites, notably the Keyhole optical reconnaissance and Lacrosse/Onyx radar reconnaissance satellites to ground stations in the United States.

Trajectory

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Mission patch for NROL-12 (Quasar 14)

Location

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

906 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Agency

Lockheed Martin – LMT

  • Type: Commercial
  • Abbreviation: LMT
  • Founded: 1953
  • Launchers: Titan | Agena
  • Spacecraft: Hubble | JUNO | InSight
  • Country: USA

Lockheed Martin’s Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM’s in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA’s return to the moon in 2024.

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