The National Reconnaissance Office successfully launched its GeoLITE
(Geosynchronous Lightweight Technology Experiment) advanced demonstration
satellite from a Boeing Delta II rocket May 18 at 1:45 p.m. from Cape
Canaveral AFS, Fla.
The GeoLITE satellite has a laser communications experiment and an
operational UHF communications mission on board. GeoLITE was built by TRW
of Redondo Beach, Calif. This was the first time an NRO satellite was
launched aboard a Delta II rocket.
"I am very proud of the fantastic work done by our NRO government-contractor
team," said Col. Stephen Wojciki, director of the NRO's Office of Space
Launch and mission director for this launch.
