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NROL-1 (Quasar 15)
Atlas IIASLockheed MartinLaunch Complex 36A
Tuesday, August 31, 2004 · 11:17 PM UTC
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
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.
PayloadNROL-1 (Quasar 15)
OrbitGeostationary Orbit
CustomerLockheed Martin
Stages2
PadLaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 28.471°N
- Longitude
- 80.542°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
11:17 PM UTC - 11:17 PM UTC
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.

