LaunchesNROL-23
Lockheed MartinSUCCESS
NROL-23
Atlas IIIB · Government/Top Secret
2005Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Rocket
- Atlas IIIB
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2