NOSS-2 subsatellite
Spacecraft · USA
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American military naval signals reconnaissance satellite. 6 launches, 1990.06.08 (USA 60) to 1991.11.08 (USA 77).
NOSS-2 detected the location of naval vessels using radio interferometry, and consisted of a main spacecraft and two subsatellites, which kept station several hundred meters apart.
Related
- Family
- Medium earth orbit, Naval SIGINT
- Country
- USA
- Launch Vehicles
- Titan, Titan 4, Titan 405A, Titan 403A
- Launch Sites
- Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg, Vandenberg SLC4E, Cape Canaveral LC41
- Agency
- USN