United States Air ForceTitan 405BSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
NROL-16
Launched
April 30, 2005
Summary
NROL-16 (Onyx 5) launched on an United States Air Force Titan 405B from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 30, 2005. It was United States Air Force's 1,067th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,710th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Titan 405B flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan 405B · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Titan 405B flightUnited States Air Force's 1,067th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,710th orbital launch attempt16th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- USA 182 · NORAD 28646 · deorbited
Titan 4B-30 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Amateur observors believed this to be the fifth in the Lacrosse/Onyx radar spy satellite series built by Lockheed Martin.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
55th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 1st this year · 635th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
440 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did NROL-16 (Onyx 5) launch?
NROL-16 (Onyx 5) launched on April 30, 2005. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NROL-16 (Onyx 5)?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NROL-16 (Onyx 5)?
Titan 405B, flown by United States Air Force. Titan 405B spec sheet
Where did NROL-16 (Onyx 5) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was NROL-16 (Onyx 5) going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did NROL-16 (Onyx 5) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).