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DSCS-3 B11

Atlas IIA

Lockheed Martin

Launch Status
Success

Mission

DSCS-3 B11

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 IIA – Lockheed Martin

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

The Atlas IIA was manufactured by Lockheed Martin with the first launch on 1992-06-10. Atlas IIA has 23 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 23 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

Lockheed Martin – LMT

  • Type: Commercial
  • Abbreviation: LMT
  • Founded: 1953
  • Launchers: Titan | Agena
  • Spacecraft: Hubble | JUNO | InSight
  • Country: USA

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.

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