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United Launch AllianceLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretAtlas V 421
Launched 2022-08-04 10:29 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
95th
orbital launch attempt in 2022
United Launch Alliance
5th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
5th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
33 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
Sixth geosynchronous satellite of the Space Based Infrared System program (SBIRS), providing capabilities for early missile warning and missile defense. SBIRS GEO-6 is the second 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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Height
58.3m
Diameter
3.8m
To low Earth orbit
14,067kg
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