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Atlas IIA
Launched 2000-10-20 00:40:02 UTCLaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
67th
orbital launch attempt in 2000
Lockheed Martin
7th
launch this year
Launch Complex 36A
4th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
111 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
DSCS-3 (Defense Satellite Communications System 3) are geostationary communications satellites, which provide a robust anti-jam, nuclear hardened capability that supports Department of Defense (DoD) worldwide requirements, White House and Diplomatic communications. They are the follow-on generation of the DSCS-2 satellites.
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
Launches
80
Successful
77
96%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
47.5m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
6,580kg
Liftoff thrust
2,479kN
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