USAF ONYX NRO Space Command We Own The Night Titan 4 IV Black Ops Spy Patch New

Description

This patch commemorates the August 17, 2000 launch of a "classified National Reconnaissance Office payload" atop a Titan IV rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California.
Clues in the patch's imagery seem to indicate that the satellite in question was, in fact, an ONYX spy satellite, also known by the code name Lacrosse. The owl eyes and the phrase "We Own the Night" seem to imply an imaging platform that can "see" in darkness, indicating a satellite that uses synthetic aperture radar to produce images of the Earth's surface. The wire mesh surrounding the owl's eyes is indicative of the wire mesh of an ONYX satellite that is purported to cover its antennae.
The Triangular images on the patch represent other ONYX satellites, all of which are in a reconnaissance orbit. Different satellite orbits do different "jobs". Two of the filled-in symbols represent active ONYX satellites. The hollowed-out image represents "Lacrosse I", which was de-orbited in 1997 after nine years in service (it was originally deployed from space shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-27). The third solid shape represents the satellite being launched.
This brand new patch is 4" in diameter and made of 100% embroidery and features a plastic backing.
This patch comes from the published book
"I Could Tell You Then You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me."