NROL-1 (Quasar 15) Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
31 Aug 2004, 11:17pm
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 36A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
NROL-1 (Quasar 15)
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Orbit
63rd and last flight of Atlas IIAS. 576th and final launch of Rocketdyne-powered Atlas rockets. Final launch from LC36A after 42 years of use. Launch delayed from June 24 and 25, July 1 and 27, August 27, 28, 29 and 30. The payload was probably a communications satellite used to relay data from imaging spy satellites.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC
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