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October 11, 2001 at 2:32 AM UTC
Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds
- Launch probability
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- October 11, 2001 at 2:32 AM UTC
- Feed updated
- June 14, 2023 at 5:39 PM UTC
Mission description
The primary purpose of the SDS satellites is to relay imagery from low-flying reconnaissance satellites, notably the Keyhole optical reconnaissance and Lacrosse/Onyx radar reconnaissance satellites to ground stations in the United States.