Lockheed Martin

NROL-23

Atlas IIIB

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, February 3, 2005 · 07:41 UTC

Mission

/01

Last launch of an Atlas model using the original, innovative, balloon propellant tanks conceived in 1947. Third launch of new generation paired satellites used for tracking, characterisation, and intelligence on naval vessels and civilian shipping worldwide.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas IIIB

Variant: IIIB

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.471° N, 80.542° W

76

Pad Launches

633

Location Launches

77

Agency Launches

4

Orbital This Year

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