Atlas V 401 | NROL-79

Name: Atlas V 401 | NROL-79
Start: 2017-03-01T17:49:51.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

United Launch Alliance · Atlas V 401 · Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

United Launch Alliance's 118th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 5,627th orbital launch attempt

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

Window: Mar 1, 17:30 – Mar 1, 18:30 UTC

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Classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

No booster details available.

48 launches from this pad · 901 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA