Future Imagery Architecture
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Future Imagery Architecture was a program awarded to Boeing to design a new generation of optical and radar imaging US reconnaissance satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. In 2005 NRO dir
USA-215, believed to be the first operational payload resulting from the FIA program, crosses Cassiopeia
Launch of USA-215
USA-224
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USA-224, also known as NROL-49, is an American reconnaissance satellite. Launched in 2011 to replace the decade-old USA-161 satellite, it is the fifteenth KH-11 optical imaging satellite to reach orbi
Future Imagery Architecture
…to test and develop systems for the FIA radar programme. However, it failed immediately after launch, and was subsequently destroyed by a missile. USA-224, launched on 20 January 2011, is believed to be the first of the large post-FIA optical reconnaissance satellites built by Lockheed. The failed FIA…
Launch of USA-224
NROL49 patch
The photo believed to have been taken by USA-224 tweeted by President Trump in August 2019
The original GEOINT product given to Trump, declassified by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in November 2022