Titan 404B | NROL-9
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
NROL-9 (Misty 2)
This satellite is suspected to be a stealthy electro-optical reconnaissance satellite. The program name for developing an stealth IMINT capability is reportedly "Misty". Hobbyist satellite observers continue to track an object from that launch in a 2700 km × 3100 km, 63.4° orbit, but detailed orbital analysis reveals significant solar radiation pressure perturbations, from an area to mass ratio of about 0.1 m2/kg, 10 to 20 times that of a payload, and more akin to debris or a decoy, can be deduced. It appears to be no more than 5 to 10 m across, and only a few hundred kilograms in mass. If USA 144 is Misty-2, then it is likely to be in a 700 to 800 km, quasi 65° orbit. These orbits are low-drag, so orbit maintenance manoeuvres are not required.
Titan 404B
Height 54.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 15000 kN
Diameter 3.05 Meters
Mass To LEO 21680 kg
Liftoff Mass 910 Tonnes
Launch Success 3
Consecutive Success 3
Maiden Flight 1999-05-22
Launch Failures 0
