| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | SB-WASS 3-6 (Space Based Wide Area Surveillance System) NOSS 3-6, USA 238, NRO L36) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | National Reconnaissance Office/US Navy |
| Users | Military |
| Purpose | Electronic Surveillance/Ocean |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 1012 |
| Apogee (km) | 1203 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0127716482781678 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 63.4 |
| Period (minutes) | 107.4 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 6500 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 13-09-2012 |
| Expected Lifetime | |
| Contractor | National Reconnaissance Laboratory (NRL) |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Vandenberg AFB |
| Launch Vehicle | Atlas 5 |
| COSPAR Number | 2012-048P |
| NORAD Number | 38773 |
| Comments | ELINT system; wide area ocean surveillance, primarily for the Navy and surveillance of shipping. |