NROL-87
Success
FEB 02202220:27:26 UTCClassified NRO payload, designated USA-326, delivered to a 512 km sun-synchronous orbit at 97.4° inclination. Russia's Kosmos 2558 - a member of the Napryazhenie / Nivelir inspection satellite series - launched in August 2022 and was inserted into the same orbital plane, conducting repeated passes within roughly 60-80 km of USA-326 at five-day intervals.
LIFTOFF
FEB 02 202220:27:26 UTC
Success
launched from SLC-4E Vandenberg
aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-139 into SSO
Booster
B1071.1
Landed on ground pad · LZ-4
Payload
NROL-87
Reconnaissance