Success
STP-3
Dedicated Rideshare
United Launch Alliance(ULA)CommercialAtlas V 551
Direct-GEOorbit
Rideshare mission with the STPSat-6 satellite and six secondary payloads for the US Air Force. STPSat-6 carries the NNSA's Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System-3 (SABRS-3) payload and NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) experiment.
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 10:19 AM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,163
ULA Mission
#148
Pad Launch
#102
Location Launch
#829
Designator
2021-118
Weather GO
95%
Launch Window
NET
Dec 7, 2021, 10:19 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
9:04 AM
Window Open
11:04 AM
Window Close
Atlas V 551 Specs
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 standard payload fairing sizes are 4 or 5 meters in diameter and of various lengths. Fairings sizes as large as 7.2 m in diameter and up to 32.3 m in length have been considered. The rocket is assembled in Decatur, Alabama and Harlingen, Texas.
Length
59.7 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
573 t
Thrust
12,269 kN
LEO Capacity
18,850 kg
GTO Capacity
8,890 kg
GEO Capacity
3,850 kg
Launch Cost
$153M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2006
Fastest Turnaround
23d 19h
Total Launches
21
Successful
21
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
21
Maiden flight: Jan 19, 2006
Social Flight Log
- Dec 7, 2021, 6:02 PM
Mission success confirmed
Source - Dec 5, 2021, 8:28 PM
24 hour delay
Source - Dec 5, 2021, 12:11 AM
24 hour delay
Source - Dec 2, 2021, 2:12 PM
Weather 90%
Source - Nov 22, 2021, 7:14 PM
Delayed due to bad weather during launch vehicle processing.
Source - Nov 11, 2021, 9:51 AM
New launch window.
Source - Nov 9, 2021, 6:55 PM
Delayed to December 4
Source - Sep 7, 2021, 7:46 PM
Updated NET to 22 Nov
Source - Jun 7, 2021, 4:44 PM
Delayed to July.
Source - Jun 4, 2021, 1:06 PM
Launch delayed. No new date available yet.
Source - May 18, 2021, 6:14 PM
New launch date from ULA's webcast for SBIRS-GEO-5.
- Jan 26, 2021, 6:42 AM
Delayed to after OFT-2 launch.
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
Founded
2006
Administrator
Interim CEO: John Elbon
Total Launches
173
Successful
173
Failed
0
Pending
38
Consecutive Success
173
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Dec 7, 2021, 5:19 AM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778