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

Launch vehicle

Atlas V 551 →

Launch provider

United Launch Alliance →

Payloads deployed · 1

AEHF-4 (USA 288)

GEO