Launch Overview
Vehicle
Atlas V 551
Agency
United Launch Alliance
Site / Pad
CC / SLC41
Outcome
Success
Flight
AV-079
COSPAR Designator
2018-036
Mission
AFSPC-11 (Government/Top Secret)
Primary payload of the mission is the Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (CBAS) satellite, which will be placed in geosynchronous orbit. It will continously relay data from from existing military communications satellites to support senior leaders and combatant commanders. This mission will also launch a number of secondary payloads hosted on the ESPA Augmented Geostationary Laboratory Experiment (EAGLE).
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Atlas V 551
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Agency launches
128 (4 YTD)
Site launches
768 (7 YTD)
Pad launches
91 (3 YTD)