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Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Special Projects (NRO Program A)

Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Special Projects (NRO Program A) owned 63 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

United StatesLos Angeles · El Segundo, CaliforniaGCAT code SAFSP

Payloads owned, by decade

1960s

Optical imaging8

Signals intelligence5

Meteorology1

AFTRACK5SAMOS E-65SAMOS E-52SAMOS E-6 RV1P351

Spacecraft	Launched	Owner	Country	Mission type	Status
SAMOS 51961 A LAM 2	Dec 22, 1961	SAFSP	United States	Signals intelligence	Reentered attached to another object
SAMOS 61962 ETA 1	Mar 7, 1962	SAFSP	United States	Optical imaging	Reentered (orbital decay)
SAMOS 71962 PI	Apr 26, 1962	SAFSP	United States	Optical imaging	Reentered attached to another object
SAMOS 81962 PSI	Jun 17, 1962	SAFSP	United States	Optical imaging	Reentered attached to another object
SAMOS 91962 A ZET 1	Jul 18, 1962	SAFSP	United States	Optical imaging	Reentered attached to another object
SAMOS 101962 A LAM	Aug 5, 1962	SAFSP	United States	Optical imaging	Reentered attached to another object
P35-21962 A OMI 1	Aug 23, 1962	SAFSP	United States	Meteorology	In orbit
SAMOS 111962 B PI	Nov 11, 1962	SAFSP	United States	Optical imaging	Reentered attached to another object

Source: GCAT organizations database, launch list and payload catalog, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).