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NROL-18 (Intruder 6A & 6B)
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 2 Dec 2003, 10:04 am UTC
Rocket: Atlas IIAS (Atlas)
Provider: Lockheed Martin
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
USA 173 is an American military satellite (operated by the National Reconnaissance Office)