USA-231

USA-231 or ORS-1 is an American reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 2011 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia by a Minotaur I launch vehicle. It is the first operational satellite of the Operationally Responsive Space Office. It is equipped with a SYERS 2A sensor.
ORS-1 satellite is designed to provide orbital space imagery of Southwest Asia and to enhance battlespace awareness to operational field commanders. The ORS-1 will undergo a 30-day trial and adjustment check before the ORS Office turns over it operations to USAF's 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colorado.
Image:Minotaur I Rocket Launch at NASA Wallops.jpg|thumb|left|Minotaur I Rocket Launch at NASA Wallops, June 30, 2011 with ORS-1

SYERS

SYERS 2 is an optical and infrared camera with a 40 cm aperture and a field of view larger than 2 degrees. It uses time delay and integration CCD sensors to compensate for ground motion, resulting in a resolution of 1m from a nominal 300 km orbit. SYERS 2 is supplied by the Goodrich Corporation.
SYERS is also carried by the Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.