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Atlas | NROL-23

Name: Atlas | NROL-23
Start: 2005-02-03T07:41:01.000Z
End: 2005-02-03T07:41:01.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

February 3, 2005 at 7:41 AM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Atlas | NROL-23 launch image — Mission imagery · Atlas IIIB

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February 3, 2005 at 7:41 AM UTC

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Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4706, -80.5422

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Rocket: Atlas IIIB
Launch site: Launch Complex 36B
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: February 3, 2005 at 7:41 AM UTC
Window closes: February 3, 2005 at 7:41 AM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:39 PM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Atlas IIIB

Atlas · IIIB

Height

52.8 m

Diameter

3.05 m

LEO capacity

10,218 kg

Successful launches

Launch complex

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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