NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

AEHF-4

Launch Time
Wed Oct 17, 2018 04:15 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 551
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Active
Price: $153.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 12,141 kN
Payload to LEO: 18,850 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,900 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 5
Rocket Height: 62.2 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 26.5 m

Mission Details

AEHF 4

Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Air Force Space Command. They will be used to relay secure communications for the Armed Forces of the United States, the British Armed Forces, the Canadian Forces and the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,168.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2018

80th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

131st mission
8th mission of 2018
130th successful mission
126th consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

79th mission
5th mission of 2018
78th successful mission
69th consecutive successful mission