Lockheed Martin
NROL-13
Atlas IIAS
SUCCESS
Success
Saturday, September 8, 2001 · 15:25 UTC
Mission
/01NOSS-3 (Naval Ocean Surveillance System), which is likely not the official designation, is the third generation of NOSS satellites, which are low orbit SIGINT satellites. In 2013, the designation Intruder leaked out. These satellites carry equipment to track ships and aircraft via their radio transmissions. Positions of the origin of the transmissions are determined by triangulation. Each launch consists of two satellites of similar size in the same orbit. Both satellites maneuver to stationkeep relative to one another.
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Atlas IIAS
Variant: IIAS
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 3E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.640° N, 120.590° W
30
Pad Launches
605
Location Launches
57
Agency Launches
40
Orbital This Year