- Bookcover of USA-227
- Booktitle:
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USA-227
Communications Satellite, National Reconnaissance Office, Satellite Data System, Delta IV, United Launch Alliance
VolvPress (2013-01-10 )
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- ISBN-13:
978-613-9-14347-4
- ISBN-10:
- 6139143470
- EAN:
- 9786139143474
- Book language:
- Blurb/Shorttext:
- Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USA-227, known before launch as NRO Launch 27 (NROL-27), is an American communications satellite which was launched in 2011. It is operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office.Whilst details of its mission are officially classified, amateur observers have identified USA-227 as being a third-generation Satellite Data System satellite in geosynchronous orbit. The first amateur observation of the satellite was made on 6 April 2011, when the spacecraft was located at a longitude of 30.4 degrees west. SDS satellites are used to relay data from American reconnaissance satellites to ground stations.
- Publishing house:
- VolvPress
- Website:
- http://www.betascript-publishing.com
- Edited by:
- Sören Jehoiakim Ethan
- Number of pages:
- 152
- Published on:
- 2013-01-10
- Stock:
- Available
- Category:
- Vehicles, Aircraft, Ships, space travel
- Price:
- 29.00 €
- Keywords:
- System, communications, office, national, Data, satellite, Delta, reconnaissance, IV
