The satellites are presumably the "FIA-Radar" (Future Imagery Architecture - Radar) radar component of the FIA system. They are the successors of the Lacrosse / Onyx radar satellites. No details have been published.
The development contract for the Future Imagery Architecture program, consisting of an optical (FIA-O) and a radar (FIA-R) component, was awarded to Boeing in 1999. After running into massive cost overruns and delays of the delivery date of the FIA-O component, in September 2005 the contract for the electro-optical satellites was cancelled. The FIA-Radar satellite program remained at Boeing.
The first satellite was launched in 2010, at least four years behind the original schedule.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Reconnaissance, Radar |
| Operator: | NRO |
| Contractors: | Boeing |
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| Orbit: | 1100 km × 1105 km, 123° |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| FIA-Radar 1 (NROL 41, USA 215) | 20.09.2010 | Va SLC-3E | Atlas-5(501) | ||
| FIA-Radar 2 (NROL 25, USA 234) | 03.04.2012 | Va SLC-6 | Delta-4M+(5,2) | ||
| FIA-Radar 3 (NROL 39) ? | 2013 | Va SLC-3E | Atlas-5(501) | with Cubesats | |
| FIA-Radar 4 (NROL 45) ? | 201x | Va SLC-3E | Atlas-5(501) |
