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2004 · Lockheed Martin

NROL-1 (Quasar 15)

successAtlas IIAS | NROL-1

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.

Overview

Date / time
August 31, 2004 at 11:17 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 36A
Mission
NROL-1 (Quasar 15)
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Atlas IIAS →
Launch provider
Lockheed Martin →

Payloads deployed · 1

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