LaunchesAEHF-3 (USA-246)
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AEHF-3 (USA-246)
Atlas V 531 · Communications
2013Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral
Mission
This is the third 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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- ULA
- Rocket
- Atlas V 531
- Orbit
- GTO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2