Tag: Government/Top Secret
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 8
The IGS Radar 8 is a Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan’s national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.
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United Launch Alliance | Vulcan | USSF-106
USSF-106 is a mission for the United States Space Force.
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SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 3
Note: Name of payload is provisional. Third launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite on this launch. They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to…
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Northrop Grumman Space Systems | Minotaur IV | NROL-174
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
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Rocket Lab | HASTE | Unknown Payload
Sub-orbital launch of the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program for a confidential customer.
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United Launch Alliance | Vulcan | USSF-87
Classified payload for the US Space Force
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SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
First of six missions launched by the Space Development Agency for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
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Arianespace | Ariane 62 | CSO-3
The CSO-3 (Composante Spatiale Optique-3 satellite is the third of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French military, replacing the Helios 2 spy satellite series.
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SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS
NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg’s governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembourg Earth Observation System). Its purpose is to provide high resolution images to national and international governmental and military organizations such as NATO. The 800 kg satellite is built by OHB Italia and is equipped with a…