QuoteSpace-Track has now cataloged the NROL-123 Electron launch. There are actually FOUR payloads: "USA 352", MOLA, Aerocube 16A and Aerocube 16B. (Likely the earlier statement of 3 implies that AC-16A/B were deployed attached to each other and then separated?).QuoteUSA 352 is presumably an NRO payload. AC-16A/B are cubesats from the Aerospace Corporation. It is known that the Naval Postgrad School was developing a cubesat called Mola, so that's probably the other one.https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1771270082758426710
Space-Track has now cataloged the NROL-123 Electron launch. There are actually FOUR payloads: "USA 352", MOLA, Aerocube 16A and Aerocube 16B. (Likely the earlier statement of 3 implies that AC-16A/B were deployed attached to each other and then separated?).
USA 352 is presumably an NRO payload. AC-16A/B are cubesats from the Aerospace Corporation. It is known that the Naval Postgrad School was developing a cubesat called Mola, so that's probably the other one.
The identification of the Electron payload 2024-053A as "USA 352" changes the balance of evidence on the Mar 19 Starlink Group 7-16 launch: it now seems likely that it DID carry two classified payloads, likely Starshield, to be designated USA 350 and USA 351 (59274/59275?)
Space-Track have cataloged objects from the Mar 19 Starlink launch and it is now confirmed that two secret satellites were aboard, USA 350 and USA 351 (presumed Starshield sats) that are cataloged as 2024-050W and X (59274 and 59275).
