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United Launch AllianceLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretAtlas V 421
Launched 2021-05-18 17:37 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
44th
orbital launch attempt in 2021
United Launch Alliance
2nd
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
185 d 19 h
since the pad's previous launch
Fifth geosynchronous satellite of the Space Based Infrared System program (SBIRS), providing capabilities for early missile warning and missile defense. SBIRS GEO-5 is the first satellite using Lockheed Martin's LM2100 combat bus.
Launch Provider
Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2006 · CEO Mark Peller
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
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Updated launch window.
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Updated launch time.
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Launch is scheduled for May 17 according to USSF press release.
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Height
58.3m
Diameter
3.8m
To low Earth orbit
14,067kg
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