Success
DSCS-3 B12
Government/Top Secret
United States Air Force(USAF)Government
Atlas II
Direct-GEOorbit
American communications satellite used for high priority communications between defense officials and battlefield commanders.
Thursday, July 2, 1992 at 9:54 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#3,726
USAF Mission
#911
Pad Launch
#33
Location Launch
#457
Designator
1992-037
Launch Window
NET
Jul 2, 1992, 9:54 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
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
Jul 2, 1992, 5:54 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778
Atlas II Specs
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.
Length
47.54 m
Diameter
3.04 m
Launch Mass
204 t
Thrust
2,479 kN
LEO Capacity
6,580 kg
GTO Capacity
2,810 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1991
Fastest Turnaround
2mo 5d
Total Launches
10
Successful
10
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
10
Maiden flight: Dec 7, 1991
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
Founded
1947
Administrator
Commander-in-Chief: President of the US
Total Launches
1,078
Successful
972
Failed
106
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
68