USA-162

 2001-046A

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An Atlas-class NRO payload, 'Aquila' was launched to GTO in Oct 2001. It probably entered GEO.

NRO 'Aquila'
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2001 Oct 11	0232:00	Launch by Atlas 2AS AC-162	CC SLC36B
		T+0:58 SRB 3-4 burn
		T+1:12 SRB 1-2 sep
		T+1:56 SRB 3-4 sep
		T+2:44 BECO
		T+2:47 Booster sep
		T+3:24 PLF sep
		T+4:48 SECO
		T+5:01 Atlas sep
		T+5:17 Centaur MES1
	0242	T+9:56 Centaur MECO1	176 x 907 x 28.16
		T+23:54 Centaur MES2
		T+25:24 Centaur MECO2
	0301	T+29:11 Centaur sep	274 x 37538 x 26.50
			318 x 37423 x 26.5 (UN)
	0900?	Circ burn
2008 Sep 22			1436.12 35753 x 35820 x 2.5 GEO 143.9W
2011 Apr 5			1436.12 35766 x 35807 x 4.6 GEO 143.9W
2012		Move to 141W
2012 Sep 9			1436.12 35756 x 35817 x 5.8 GEO 141.1W