Category:NROL-61

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<nowiki>NROL-61; USA-269; American military communications satellite; NRO Launch 61; NROL-61; L-61; Quasar 20</nowiki>
USA-269 
American military communications satellite
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  • Satellite Data System
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  • 28 July 2016 (12:37)
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English: USA-269, also known as NRO launch 61 (NROL-61 or simply L-61), is a National Reconnaissance Office communications satellite named Quasar 20 and nicknamed "Spike". It was orbited by an Atlas V 421 rocket, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 on 28 July 2016.