Lacrosse

Lacrosse / Onyx
series
satellites


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)
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.).

CountryCatalog NumberType of ItemYear of IssueNotes on Content
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).

CountryCancel DateCancel LocationType of ItemNotes on Content
Lacrosse / Onyx (NRO)
Lacrosse-1 / Onyx-1 (pre-launch events)
United States1988-11-02Kennedy Space Center FL(Space Voyage) cachet on coverSTS-27 pre-launch: "Rollout - Nov 2, 1988" ("secret military satellite" and "radar reconsat")
1988-12-02: Lacrosse-1 / Onyx-1 (deployed by STS-27R)
Australia1988-12-02Mascot NSW(Boudwin green and blue and purple and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("classified ... satellite aboard")
United States1988-12-02Patrick AFB, FL(Boudwin green and blue and red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("classified...satellite aboard")
United States1988-12-02Cape Canaveral FL(Boudwin red and blue and green and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("classified...satellite aboard")
United States1988-12-02WSMR, NM(Boudwin green and blue and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("classified...satellite aboard")
United States1988-12-02WSMR, NM(Boudwin green and black and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("classified...satellite aboard")
United States1988-12-02Kennedy Space Center FL(Genesis Graphics) cachet on (airmail) coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed
United States1988-12-02Kennedy Space Center FL(Space Voyage green and tan and red) cachet on coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite" and "radar reconsat")
United States1988-12-02Kennedy Space Center FL(Space Voyage brown and pink and red) cachet on coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite" and "radar reconsat")
United States1988-12-02Kennedy Space Center FL(Space Voyage brown and tan and red) cachet on coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite" and "radar reconsat")
United States1988-12-02Cape Canaveral FL(ASCS) cachet on coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("top secret" and "a new class of 20 ton spy satellites")
United States1988-12-02Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel)(Colorano silk) cachet on coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar reconnaissance satellite")
United States1988-12-02Houston TX (hand cancel)(Colorano silk) cachet (different) on coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("radar satellite")
United States1988-12-02Houston TX (machine cancel)(Colorano silk) cachet (different) on coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military cargo")
United States1988-12-02Kennedy Space Center FL(Space Voyage/IASP official) cachet on coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret military satellite")
United States1988-12-02Houston TX(Space Voyage/IASP official) cachet on coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed ("secret recon satelite" and "secret military satellite")
United States1988-12-02Cape Canaveral FL(Boudwin blue rubber-stamp and USNS Range Sentinel black rubber-stamp) cachet on coverSTS-27R launch; Lacrosse-1 deployed
United States1988-12-06Edwards CA(Space Voyage) cachet on coverSTS-27R landing ("radar recon satellite")
United States1988-12-06Edwards CA(Colorano silk) cachet on coverSTS-27R landing ("policy of secrecy")
United States1988-12-06Las Cruces NM(White Sands STDN Facility) cachet (and signature) on coverSTS-27R landing
French Guiana1988-12-10Kourou (delayed)(Boudwin/CPK) cachet on coverSTS-27R mission
Lacrosse / Onyx (on other than Lacrosse / Onyx launch covers)
United States2017-10-15Cape 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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