Atlas IIAS | NROL-1

Name: Atlas IIAS | NROL-1
Start: 2004-08-31T23:17:00Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

63rd and last flight of Atlas IIAS. 576th and final launch of Rocketdyne-powered Atlas rockets. Final launch from LC36A after 42 years of use. Launch delayed from June 24 and 25, July 1 and 27, August 27, 28, 29 and 30. The payload was probably a communications satellite used to relay data from imaging spy satellites.

Mission Details

Launch date: August 31, 2004 at 11:17 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Atlas IIAS
Operator: Lockheed Martin
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Communications