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Orion 9
American signals intelligence satellite. Orion 9 was launched on June 11, 2016 aboard a Delta 4H from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2016-036ANORAD 41584United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- USA 268
- Common name
- Orion 9
- Payload designation
- ORION 9?
- Other names
- RHYOLITE 13:P,NRO Mission 8305?,NROL-37
- International designator
- 2016-036A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41584
- GCAT identifier
- S41584
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/801
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Adv Orion
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Unknown US manufacturer (classified satellite)
- Platform (bus)
- Heavy ORION
Launch
- Date
- June 11, 2016 · 17:51 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-036Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4H
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,607 km
- Apogee
- 35,966 km
- Inclination
- 7.48°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- September 2021
Size
- Mass
- 6,500 kg
- Dry mass
- 6,500 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 20.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q26059365 (CC0).