Quasar (satellite)
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Quasar is the code name for a rumored communications satellite, operated by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. It was launched into a high-apogee orbit from Cape Canaveral on August 31, 2004 by an Atlas 2AS rocket. Rumor has it that Quasar acts as a relay for messages to and from the network of spy satellites operating in the Northern Hemisphere.
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External links
- Spacewarn Bulletin 611 (Quasar listed as USA 179) (http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx611.html)
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