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Atlas IIAS | NROL-12
Lockheed MartinLaunch Successful

NROL-12 (Quasar 14)

Atlas IIAS

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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission

The primary purpose of the SDS satellites is to relay imagery from low-flying reconnaissance satellites, notably the Keyhole optical reconnaissance and Lacrosse/Onyx radar reconnaissance satellites to ground stations in the United States.

Launch vehicle
Atlas IIAS
Mission type
Communications
Destination orbit
Geostationary Orbit
Launch pad
Launch Complex 36B
Provider
Lockheed Martin

The vehicle

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Launch vehicle

Atlas IIAS

Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. It was designed to launch payloads into low earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. Sixty-three launches of the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS models were carried out between 1991 and 2004; all sixty-three launches were successes, making the Atlas II the most reliable launch system in history.

Height
47.54 m
Diameter
3.04 m
Stages
3
Recorded launches
30
First flight
1993-12-16

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Launch site & orbit

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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