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Orion 6
Reconnaissance satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. Orion 6 was launched on January 18, 2009 aboard a Delta 4H from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2009-001ANORAD 33490United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 202
- Common name
- Orion 6
- Payload designation
- ORION 6
- Other names
- RHYOLITE 10:P,NRO Mission 8302?,NROL-26
- International designator
- 2009-001A
- NORAD catalog number
- 33490
- GCAT identifier
- S33490
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/571
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Adv Orion
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Unknown US manufacturer (classified satellite)
- Platform (bus)
- Adv ORION
Launch
- Date
- January 18, 2009 · 02:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-001Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4H
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,730 km
- Apogee
- 35,840 km
- Inclination
- 0.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Sep 19, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 5,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 5,000 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3547315 (CC0).