Atlas IIAS | NROL-12
Status: Success | Launched: Oct 11, 2001 02:32 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Lockheed Martin (Commercial)
- Rocket: Atlas IIAS — Atlas family
Mission
The primary purpose of the SDS satellites is to relay imagery from low-flying reconnaissance satellites, notably the Keyhole optical reconnaissance and Lacrosse/Onyx radar reconnaissance satellites to ground stations in the United States.
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 36B
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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