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USA 247 (NROL-39)
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NORAD ID: 39462 ![]() Int'l Code: 2013-072A ![]() Perigee: 1,108.3 km ![]() Apogee: 1,113.7 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.
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog ![]() Two Line Element Set (TLE): ![]() 1 39462U 13072A 23254.04592424 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 06 2 39462 122.9989 130.6001 0003565 95.3773 264.6227 13.41451283 01Source of the keplerian elements: McCants |