Lockheed Martin

NROL-1

Atlas IIAS

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 · 23:17 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas IIAS

Variant: IIAS

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.471° N, 80.542° W

68

Pad Launches

627

Location Launches

75

Agency Launches

34

Orbital This Year

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