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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) | ||||
| Lacrosse-1 / Onyx-1 (pre-launch events) | ||||
| United States | 1988-11-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-27 pre-launch: "Rollout - Nov 2, 1988" ("secret military satellite" and "radar reconsat") |
| 1988-12-02: Lacrosse-1 / Onyx-1 (deployed by STS-27R) | ||||
| Ascension Island | 1988-12-02 | Georgetown | (Space Voyage purple and pink and red) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch/tracking; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("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") |
| Chile | 1988-12-02 | Santiago | (Space Voyage brown and pink and red) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch/tracking; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar reconsat") |
| 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 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage green and orange) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar recon satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-02 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage purple and red) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite" and "radar reconsat") |
| United States | 1988-12-02 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage green and pink and red) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar reconsat") |
| United States | 1988-12-02 | Waimea HI | (Space Voyage purple and orange) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch/tracking; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar reconsat") |
| United States | 1988-12-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage/IASP official green) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-02 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage/IASP official purple) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-02 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage/IASP official cyan) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite") |
| 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 (hand cancel) | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar reconnaissance satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-02 | Houston TX (hand cancel) | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet (different) on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-02 | Houston TX (machine cancel) | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet (different) on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military cargo") |
| 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 |
| Guam | 1988-12-03 | Agana | (Space Voyage brown and pink and red) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch/tracking; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar reconsat") |
| United States | 1988-12-02 1988-12-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL Edwards AFB, CA | (Space Voyage purple and pink) cachet on cover | STS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar recon satellite") STS-27R landing |
| United States | 1988-12-06 | Edwards CA | (Space Voyage blue and tan and red) cachet on cover | STS-27R landing ("radar recon satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-06 | WSMR, NM | (Space Voyage grey and pink and red) cachet on cover | STS-27R landing ("radar recon satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-06 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage purple and pink and orange) cachet on cover | STS-27R landing ("radar recon satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-06 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | STS-27R landing ("policy of secrecy") |
| United States | 1988-12-06 | Las Cruces NM | (White Sands STDN Facility purple rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-27R landing |
| United States | 1988-12-06 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage/IASP official purple) cachet (different) on cover | STS-27R landing ("secret recon satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-11 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Space Voyage grey and pink and orange) cachet on cover | STS-27R post-landing: "[Boeing] 747/Atlantis leaves Edwards, Dec 11 1988" ("radar recon satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-12 | San Antonio TX, Kelly AFB | (Space Voyage green and pink and orange) cachet on cover | STS-27R post-landing: "Stopover Kelly AFB, Dec 12 1988" ("radar recon satellite") |
| United States | 1988-12-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage blue and pink and orange) cachet on cover | STS-27R post-landing: "[Boeing] 747/Atlantis arrives KSC, Dec 13 1988" ("radar recon satellite") |
| Lacrosse / Onyx (on other than Lacrosse / Onyx launch covers) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (Boudwin/CPK?) cachet on Astra-1A and Skynet-4B launch cover | STS-27R mission patch and 5 Shuttle Astronauts |
| 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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