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DSCS-3 B10

Atlas II

United States Air Force

Launch Status
Success

Mission

DSCS-3 B10

Type: Communications

DSCS-3 (Defense Satellite Communications System 3) are geostationary communications satellites, which provide a robust anti-jam, nuclear hardened capability that supports Department of Defense (DoD) worldwide requirements, White House and Diplomatic communications. They are the follow-on generation of the DSCS-2 satellites.

Trajectory

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Location

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

888 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Rocket

Atlas II – Lockheed Martin

  • Family: Atlas
  • Length: 47.54 m
  • Diameter: 3.04 m
  • Launch Mass: 204 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 6580 kg

The Atlas II was manufactured by Lockheed Martin with the first launch on 1991-12-07. Atlas II has 10 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 10 launches. Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. It was designed to launch payloads into low earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. Sixty-three launches of the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS models were carried out between 1991 and 2004; all sixty-three launches were successes, making the Atlas II the most reliable launch system in history.

Agency

United States Air Force – USAF

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: USAF
  • Country: USA
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