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