flown missionSuccess
Atlas V 551 | AEHF-6
United Launch AllianceSpace Launch Complex 41 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- AEHF-6
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Weather probability
- 90% go
This is the sixth and final satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Air Force Space Command. It provides global, survivable, protected communications capabilities for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas V 551
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- 551
- Provider
- United Launch Alliance
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
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launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.5834, -80.5830
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