Category:NROL-21
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English: USA-193, also known as NRO launch 21 (NROL-21 or simply L-21), was a National Reconnaissance Office radar surveillance satellite, part of the Future Imagery Architecture, which failed shortly after launch. It was orbited by a Delta II rocket, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2W on 14 December 2006.
Media in category "NROL-21"
The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total.
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Apoapsis of USA-193 debris.svg 1,920 × 1,080; 1.16 MB
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NROL-21 Mission Patch.png 428 × 365; 229 KB
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SM-3 climbs into the sky for a satellite destruction mission.jpg 1,500 × 2,100; 1.88 MB
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SM-3 ignition for a satellite destruction mission.jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 1.92 MB
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SM-3 intercepting NROL-21-20080220.jpg 251 × 227; 8 KB
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SM-3 launch to destroy the NRO-L 21 satellite.jpg 1,500 × 2,100; 1.74 MB
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SM-3 launch-USS Lake Erie-20080220.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 5.13 MB
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SM-3 missile launches and intercepts USA 193 satellite.ogv 1 min 5 s, 340 × 300; 1.04 MB
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USA 193 explodes following SM-3 interception-20080220.jpg 544 × 414; 21 KB
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USA193patch.jpg 286 × 242; 76 KB