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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretTitan IVB
Launched 2001-02-27 21:20 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geosynchronous Orbit
Worldwide
9th
orbital launch attempt in 2001
United States Air Force
2nd
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 40
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
295 d 5 h
since the pad's previous launch
Milstar (Military Strategic & Tactical Relay) is the tactical and strategic multiservice satellite system designed to provide survivable communications for U.S. forces worldwide.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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