AEHF 5 & TDO 1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

10:13:00

Thursday August 8, 2019

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AEHF 5

Wiki

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.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

6,168 kilograms

TDO 1

TDO (Technology Demonstrator Orbiter) 1, also known as EZ 1, is an experimental 12U cubesat flown for the United States Air Force Academy.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Atlas V 551

Active Since 2006

United Launch Alliance logo

Agency

ULA

Price

$153.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.81m

Height: 62.2m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 18,850 kg

GTO: 8,900 kg

Liftoff Thrust

12,141 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.4m

Height: 26.5m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

5

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Atlas V


80th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2019

United Launch Alliance


134th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2019

2019


56th

Orbital launch attempt