Rainbow 1
Atlas V 521
Lockheed Martin
Mission
Rainbow 1
Type: Communications
Rainbow 1 is a high power Ku-band direct broadcasting satellite providing direct broadcast services across the continental United States.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
880 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Atlas V 521 – United Launch Alliance
- Family: Atlas
- Length: 58.3 m
- Diameter: 3.81 m
- Launch Mass: 590 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 13490 kg
The Atlas V 521 was manufactured by United Launch Alliance with the first launch on 2003-07-17. Atlas V 521 has 2 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 2 launches. Atlas V is the fifth major version in the Atlas rocket family. It is an expendable launch system originally designed by Lockheed Martin, now being operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Lockheed and Boeing.
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.
