Category:NROL-21

**USA-193**
	failed reconnaissance satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office
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Instance of	reconnaissance satellite; former entity;
Operator	National Reconnaissance Office;
Start point	Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 2 West;
Space launch vehicle	Delta II (D-322);
UTC date of spacecraft launch	14 December 2006 (21:00:00);
Significant event	rocket launch (2006, Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 2 West); failure (command and control, 2006); destruction (Operation Burnt Frost, 2008); atmospheric entry (2008);
Mass	2,268 kg (approximately);
Cause of destruction	RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (USS Lake Erie);
Authority file
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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.

Apoapsis of USA-193 debris.svg 1,920 × 1,080; 1.16 MB
NROL-21 Mission Patch.png 428 × 365; 229 KB
SM-3 climbs into the sky for a satellite destruction mission.jpg 1,500 × 2,100; 1.88 MB
SM-3 ignition for a satellite destruction mission.jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 1.92 MB
SM-3 intercepting NROL-21-20080220.jpg 251 × 227; 8 KB
SM-3 launch to destroy the NRO-L 21 satellite.jpg 1,500 × 2,100; 1.74 MB
SM-3 launch-USS Lake Erie-20080220.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 5.13 MB
SM-3 missile launches and intercepts USA 193 satellite.ogv 1 min 5 s, 340 × 300; 1.04 MB
USA 193 explodes following SM-3 interception-20080220.jpg 544 × 414; 21 KB
USA193patch.jpg 286 × 242; 76 KB

Category:NROL-21

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