2018 · United Launch Alliance
AEHF-4
successAtlas V 551 | AEHF-4 (USA 288)
This is the fourth satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Air Force Space Command. It provides global, survivable, protected communications capabilities for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 17, 2018 at 04:15 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Mission
- AEHF-4
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit