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Class: SIGINT. Type: Naval reconnaisance. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Navy. NOSS-2 detected the location of naval vessels using radio interferometry, and consisted of a main spacecraft and two subsatellites, which kept station several hundred meters apart. Typical orbit: 1111 km circular orbit, 63.4 deg inclination.
NOSS-2 subsatellite Chronology - 1990 June 8 - USA 61 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC41. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Perigee: 920 km (571 mi). Apogee: 1,304 km (810 mi). Inclination: 63.42 deg. Period: 107.44 min.
- 1990 June 8 - USA 62 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC41. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Perigee: 920 km (572 mi). Apogee: 1,303 km (810 mi). Inclination: 63.42 deg. Period: 107.44 min.
- 1990 June 8 - USA 60 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC41. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Perigee: 1,071 km (665 mi). Apogee: 1,146 km (712 mi). Inclination: 63.40 deg. Period: 107.45 min.
- 1991 November 8 - USA 74 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Perigee: 954 km (593 mi). Apogee: 1,270 km (789 mi). Inclination: 63.43 deg. Period: 107.44 min.
- 1991 November 8 - USA 76 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Perigee: 954 km (593 mi). Apogee: 1,270 km (789 mi). Inclination: 63.43 deg. Period: 107.44 min.
- 1991 November 8 - USA 77 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Perigee: 954 km (593 mi). Apogee: 1,270 km (789 mi). Inclination: 63.43 deg. Period: 107.44 min.
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