CLIO (USA-257)
Atlas V 401
United Launch Alliance
Mission
CLIO
- Type: Government/Top Secret
- Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
- Launch Cost: $115,000,000
CLIO is a secret satellite procured by an unidentified US Government Agency from Lockheed Martin. The satellite is likely based on a commercial A2100A bus. Purpose and mission is not known.
Location
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Space Launch Complex 41 has witnessed the launch of 114 rockets, including 114 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 980 rocket launches.
Rocket
United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401
An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.
Agency
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
