Atlas IIAS | NROL-1
Status: Success | Launched: Aug 31, 2004 23:17 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Lockheed Martin (Commercial)
- Rocket: Atlas IIAS — Atlas family
Mission
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.
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 36A
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-08-22T17:00:54.526451+00:00.