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Atlas V 521
Launched 2003-07-17 23:45:01 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geosynchronous Orbit
Worldwide
33rd
orbital launch attempt in 2003
Lockheed Martin
3rd
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
65 d 1 h
since the pad's previous launch
Rainbow 1 is a high power Ku-band direct broadcasting satellite providing direct broadcast services across the continental United States.
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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