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Lacrosse / Onyx
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This page contains philatelic information on Lacrosse / Onyx-series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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Lacrosse / Onyx (NRO) | Lacrosse / Onyx (NRO) | Lacrosse / Onyx (NRO) |
Lacrosse / Onyx (on other than Lacrosse / Onyx launch covers) |
Below is a list of Lacrosse / Onyx-series satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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Lacrosse / Onyx (NRO) | ||||
No (non-launch cover) postal items found |
Below is a list of Lacrosse / Onyx-series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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Lacrosse / Onyx (NRO) | ||||
1988-12-02: Lacrosse-1 / Onyx-1 (deployed by STS-27R) | ||||
United States | 1988-11-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | "STS-27 Rollout - Nov 2, 1988" ("secret military satellite" and "radar reconsat") |
Australia | 1988-12-02 | Mascot NSW | (Boudwin green and blue and purple and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("classified ... satellite aboard") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Boudwin green and blue and red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("classified...satellite aboard") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Boudwin red and blue and green and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("classified...satellite aboard") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | WSMR, NM | (Boudwin green and blue and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("classified...satellite aboard") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | WSMR, NM | (Boudwin green and black and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("classified...satellite aboard") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Genesis Graphics) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage green and tan and red) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite" and "radar reconsat") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage brown and pink and red) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite" and "radar reconsat") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage brown and tan and red) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite" and "radar reconsat") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Cape Canaveral FL | (ASCS) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("top secret" and "a new class of 20 ton spy satellites") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar reconnaissance satellite") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet (different) on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar satellite") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage/IASP official) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite") |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Boudwin blue rubber-stamp and USNS Range Sentinel black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed |
United States | 1988-12-02 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage/IASP official) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret recon satellite") |
United States | 1988-12-06 | Edwards CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-27R landing ("radar recon satellite") |
United States | 1988-12-06 | Edwards CA | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-27R landing ("policy of secrecy") |
United States | 1988-12-06 | Las Cruces NM | (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-27R landing |
French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou (delayed) | (Boudwin/CPK) cachet on cover | STS-27R mission |
Lacrosse / Onyx (on other than Lacrosse / Onyx launch covers) | ||||
United States | 2017-10-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission 57) cachet on back of NROL-52 launch cover, also front | "Keyhole optic and Lacrosse/Onyx radar reconnaissance satellite network" |
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