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Atlas IIAS | NROL-1

NROL-1 (Quasar 15) Patch

Lockheed Martin · Atlas IIAS · Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Lockheed Martin's 75th launch · 5th this year · humanity's 4,673rd orbital launch attempt

August 31, 2004Add to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Aug 31, 23:17Aug 31, 23:17 UTC

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NROL-1 (Quasar 15)

63rd and last flight of Atlas IIAS. 576th and final launch of Rocketdyne-powered Atlas rockets. Final launch from LC36A after 42 years of use. Launch delayed from June 24 and 25, July 1 and 27, August 27, 28, 29 and 30. The payload was probably a communications satellite used to relay data from imaging spy satellites.

Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

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Pad — Launch Complex 36A

71 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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