NROL-23
Atlas
Lockheed Martin
Mission
NROL-23 (Intruder 7A & 7B)
Type: Government/Top Secret
Last launch of an Atlas model using the original, innovative, balloon propellant tanks conceived in 1947. Third launch of new generation paired satellites used for tracking, characterisation, and intelligence on naval vessels and civilian shipping worldwide.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Complex 36B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
880 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Atlas IIIB – Lockheed Martin
- Family: Atlas
- Length: 52.8 m
- Diameter: 3.05 m
- Launch Mass: 213 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 10218 kg
The Atlas IIIB was manufactured by Lockheed Martin with the first launch on 2002-02-21. Atlas IIIB has 4 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 4 launches. American orbital launch vehicle used between 2000 and 2005.
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.
