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
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
Safir (rocket)
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The Safir was the first Iranian expendable launch vehicle able to place a satellite in orbit. The first successful orbital launch using the Safir launch system took place on 2 February 2009 when a Saf
USA-224
…tweeted a classified picture from an intelligence briefing showing the aftermath of an accident that apparently occurred during launch preparations of a Safir rocket at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport a day earlier. According to analysts, the photo is likely to have been taken by USA-224. The opinion is based on a close…
Safir's 2012 launch from Semnan Space Center with Navid satellite as its payload
2012 launch of navid satellite
Safir at an exhibition at the Mosalla of Tehran