flown missionSuccess
Atlas IIAS | NROL-18
Lockheed MartinSpace Launch Complex 3E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- NROL-18 (Intruder 6A & 6B)
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
USA 173 is an American military satellite (operated by the National Reconnaissance Office)
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas IIAS
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- IIAS
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 3E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.6400, -120.5895