United States Air Force

DSCS III A-3

Delta IV M

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 · 00:59 UTC

Mission

/01

The U.S. Air Force Space Command operates 10 Phase III DSCS satellites providing defense officials and battlefield commanders secure voice and high rate data communications. The DSCS III system also transmits space operations and early warning data to various systems and users.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Delta IV M

Variant: M

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.532° N, 80.565° W

9

Pad Launches

606

Location Launches

1048

Agency Launches

8

Orbital This Year

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