Launch Overview
Vehicle
Atlas IIAS
Agency
Lockheed Martin
Site / Pad
CC / SLC36A
Outcome
Success
Flight
AC-167
COSPAR Designator
2004-034
Mission
NROL-1 (Quasar 15) (Communications)
63rd and last flight of Atlas IIAS. 576th and final launch of Rocketdyne-powered Atlas rockets. Final launch from LC36A after 42 years of use. Launch delayed from June 24 and 25, July 1 and 27, August 27, 28, 29 and 30. The payload was probably a communications satellite used to relay data from imaging spy satellites.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Atlas IIAS
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Agency launches
75 (5 YTD)
Site launches
627 (9 YTD)
Pad launches
68 (3 YTD)