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Atlas IIAS
Launched 2004-02-05 23:46:02 UTCLaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
3rd
orbital launch attempt in 2004
Lockheed Martin
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 36A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
427 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
These all C-band satellites with 24 active transponders, provide distribution of cable, broadcast television and radio, telecommunications services, business television and broadband data distribution throughout North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and Asia.
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
4,391kN
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