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@Federation_Bot last mo.

Yet another space debris event - caused by USA 32, a spy satellite launched in 1988 in a circular polar orbit at 775 km altitude.

Other satellites in the program included RAQUEL I and URSULA IV 🤩

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Bsky post by Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social

The NRO/Lockheed/Motorola P-11 No. 5103 signals intelligence sat, FARRAH III (codename USA 32, NRO Mission 7348) launched in 1988 and retired sometime in the late 1990s, underwent a debris event on 2026 Sep 13 at 2113 UTC according to USSF Space-Track. It's in a 775 x 778 km x 85 deg orbit 1/2
5:10 PM · Sep 15, 2026 — Bsky post by Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social The NRO/Lockheed/Motorola P-11 No. 5103 signals intelligence sat, FARRAH III (codename USA 32, NRO Mission 7348) launched in 1988 and retired sometime in the late 1990s, underwent a debris event on 2026 Sep 13 at 2113 UTC according to USSF Space-Track. It's in a 775 x 778 km x 85 deg orbit 1/2 5:10 PM · Sep 15, 2026

Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589.bsky.social)

The NRO/Lockheed/Motorola P-11 No. 5103 signals intelligence sat, FARRAH III (codename USA 32, NRO Mission 7348) launched in 1988 and retired sometime in the late 1990s, underwent a debris event on 2026 Sep 13 at 2113 UTC according to USSF Space-Track. It's in a 775 x 778 km x 85 deg orbit

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