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Atlas V 411
Launched 2006-04-20 20:27 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
14th
orbital launch attempt in 2006
Lockheed Martin
1st
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
91 d 1 h
since the pad's previous launch
SES ASTRA ordered two new Astra satellite in June 2003. The satellites, designated Astra 1KR and Astra 1L will provide distribution of direct-to-home broadcast services across Europe following their scheduled launches in the second half of 2005 and 2006 respectively. Astra 1KR, an all Ku-band spacecraft with 32 active transponders, will be located at 19.2 degrees East longitude. Both spacecraft will be based on the award winning A2100AXS platform, manufactured by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, Newtown, Pa., and each will have a minimum service life of 15 years.
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
58.3m
Diameter
3.8m
To low Earth orbit
8,080kg
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