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SBIRS GEO-6
Atlas V 421
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Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
Sixth geosynchronous satellite of the Space Based Infrared System program (SBIRS), providing capabilities for early missile warning and missile defense. SBIRS GEO-6 is the second satellite using Lockheed Martin's LM2100 combat bus.
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 421
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Provider
- United Launch Alliance
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Atlas V 421
Atlas V is an expendable launch system in the Atlas rocket family. It was formerly operated by Lockheed Martin and is now operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture with Boeing. Each Atlas V rocket uses a Russian-built RD-180 engine burning kerosene and liquid oxygen to power its first stage and an American-built RL10 engine burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to power its Centaur upper stage. The RD-180 engines are provided by RD Amross, while Aerojet Rocketdyne provides both the RL10 engines and the strap-on boosters used in some configurations. The 421 version uses a 4m wide fairing, 2 solid rocket boosters and one engine on the Centaur stage.
- Height
- 58.3 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 9
- First flight
- 2007-10-11
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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