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NROL-17 (GeoLITE)
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 18 May 2001, 05:45 pm UTC
Rocket: Delta II (Delta)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
GeoLITE was a TRW T-310 class satellite with a mass of about 1800 kg, including a solid apogee motor.