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This page contains philatelic information on Magnum / Orion 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.
The Orion series military satellites from the 1980s should not be confused with the Orion series communications satellites from the 1990s, which go by the same name.
| 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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| Magnum / Orion (NRO/CIA/NSA) | Magnum / Orion (NRO/CIA/NSA) | Magnum / Orion (NRO/CIA/NSA) |
Below is a list of Magnum / Orion 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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| Magnum / Orion (NRO/CIA/NSA) | ||||
| No (non-launch cover) postal items found | ||||
Below is a list of Magnum / Orion 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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| Magnum / Orion (NRO/CIA/NSA) | ||||
| Magnum-1 / Orion-1 (pre-launch events) | ||||
| United States | 1985-01-05 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage grey and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C pre-launch: "rollout" ("secret 'sigint' satellite") |
| 1985-01-24: Magnum-1 / Orion-1 (deployed by STS-20 (51C)) | ||||
| Chile | 1985-01-24 | Santiago | (Space Voyage green and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C launch/tracking ("classified military" and "'sigint' intelligence satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-24 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Hand-written) cachet on cover | STS-51C launch ("secret military satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage purple and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C launch ("secret 'sigint' satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-24 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage green and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C launch ("secret 'sigint' satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-24 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage brown and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C launch ("secret 'sigint' satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-24 | Waimea HI | (Space Voyage brown and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C launch/tracking ("classified military" and "'sigint' intelligence satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Blue rubber-stamp based on the America First in Space design by RSDSC) cachet on cover | STS-51C launch |
| United States | 1985-01-24 1985-01-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) | (Space Voyage purple and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C launch ("classified") STS-51C landing |
| Australia | 1985-01-25 | Tharwa ACT | (Canberra DSCC green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-51C launch/tracking |
| Australia | 1985-01-25 | Tharwa ACT | (Canberra DSCC green rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-51C launch/tracking |
| United States | 1985-01-25 | Sunnyvale CA | (Space Voyage blue and orange and pink) cachet on cover | Magnum-1 deployed ("classified military" and "'sigint' intelligence satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-25 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage green and orange and pink) cachet on cover | Magnum-1 deployed ("secret 'sigint' satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-25 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | Magnum-1 deployed ("Neither NASA nor the Air Force would confirm") |
| United States | 1985-01-25 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | Magnum-1 deployed ("secret payload" and "secret cargo") |
| United States | 1985-01-25 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Magnum-1 deployed ("secret military spy satellite") |
| Spain | 1985-01-27 | Cadiz | (Space Voyage blue and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C landing ("classified") |
| United States | 1985-01-27 | WSMR Branch NM | (Space Voyage black and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C landing ("classified satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-27 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage black and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C landing ("classified satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage green and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C landing ("classified satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | STS-51C landing ("secret mission") |
| United States | 1985-01-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Zaso silk/IASP no.91) cachet on cover | STS-51C landing ("'Secret' 51-C DOD mission"; "USAF advanced signal intelligence satellite") |
| United States | 1985-01-27 1985-01-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) | (Space Voyage purple and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C landing ("classified") STS-51C launch |
| Japan | 1985-01-28 | Kadena | (Space Voyage purple and orange and pink) cachet on cover | STS-51C landing ("classified satellite") |
| 1989-11-23: Magnum-2 / Orion-2 (deployed by STS-33R) | ||||
| United States | 1989-11-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (STS mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert and insert back | STS-33R launch |
| United States | 1989-11-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Tan and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-33R launch ("classified DoD payload") |
| United States | 1989-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Boudwin? black and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-33R launch |
| United States | 1989-11-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Red printed) cachet on cover | STS-33R launch |
| United States | 1989-11-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Cyan printed) cachet on postcard | STS-33R launch |
| United States | 1989-11-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | STS-33R launch |
| United States | 1989-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | STS-33R launch ("secret military spy satellite") |
| United States | 1989-11-22 | Houston TX | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | STS-33R launch ("secret military satellite") |
| Australia | 1989-11-23 | Tharwa ACT | (Canberra DSCC cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-33R launch/tracking |
| United States | 1989-11-23 | Houston TX | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | Magnum-2 deployed ("The National Security Agency [NSA] will operate the payload and monitor its signal interceptions" and "satellite said to be identical to the one deployed on the Defense Department mission 51-C" (a reference to Magnum-1)) |
| Australia | 1989-11-24 | Adelaide SA | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-33R tracking |
| United States | 1989-11-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Black and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | "recovered left solid rocket booster" |
| United States | 1989-11-27 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | STS-33R landing |
| United States | 1989-11-27 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Brown printed) cachet on cover | STS-33R landing |
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