Atlas IIAS
SuccessNROL-1 · Lockheed Martin
Launch time (NET)
Tuesday, Aug 31, 2004, 23:17 UTC
Launch window
Tuesday, Aug 31, 2004, 23:17 UTC – Tuesday, Aug 31, 2004, 23:17 UTC
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Rocket
Launch pad
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
NROL-1 (Quasar 15)
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
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.
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