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Atlas V 521
Launched 2004-12-17 12:07 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
50th
orbital launch attempt in 2004
Lockheed Martin
6th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
518 d 12 h
since the pad's previous launch
AMC-16, like AMC-15, was a hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite built by Lockheed Martin and based on the A2100 spacecraft platform.
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
13,490kg
Liftoff thrust
7,203kN
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