USAF Titan 405B NROL-16 (Onyx 5)

Name: USAF Titan 405B NROL-16 (Onyx 5)
Start: 2005-04-30T00:50:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 40

Titan 405B

Status

Success

Date

30 APR 2005

00:50

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Amateur observors believed this to be the fifth in the Lacrosse/Onyx radar spy satellite series built by Lockheed Martin.

Rocket

Titan 405B

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.

Height

54 m

Diameter

3.05 m

Launch Mass

906 T

Thrust

14,200 kN