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NROL-12 (Quasar 14)
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 11 Oct 2001, 02:32 am UTC
Rocket: Atlas IIAS (Atlas)
Provider: Lockheed Martin
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
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.