Titan 401A Centaur | NROL-4
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Launch Window
Nov. 8, 1997, 2:05 a.m. - Nov. 8, 1997, 2:05 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Nov. 8, 1997, 2:05 a.m. - Nov. 8, 1997, 2:05 a.m.
Trumpet signal intelligence satellites were launched by Titan-4(01)A Centaur-T into highly elliptic Molniya-type orbits. In their elliptical orbits they would move very slowly over the northern hemisphere for most of their orbital period, allowing interception of microwave line-of-sight communications beams. Since they would move slowly through the beams during their orbit, a constellation of such satellites was required to monitor Soviet communications throughout the day.
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