RE: NROL-33 launch on May 22

From: Ted Molczan via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 08:51:05 -0400
Kevin Fetter wrote:

> On May 22 between 1245-1415 utc, a atlas 5 rocket will launch with a payload, thought to be a
> SDS sat, and so going into a molyina orbit.

My longstanding guess was an SDS to Molniya; however, I have been informed that NOTAMs coordinates have been issued for
the Centaur, similar to those of NROL-38, which inserted an SDS into GTO; therefore, this most likely is the third SDS
headed for GEO in three years. The first of the recent series was NROL-27 in March 2011, followed by NROL-38 in June
2012.

Ted Molczan


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