NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

AEHF 6 & TDO 2

Launch Time
Thu Mar 26, 2020 20:18 UTC

First launch for the United States Space Force.

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
Details

Mission Details

AEHF 6

Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Space Force. 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: 6,128.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Wiki

TDO 2

TDO (Technology Demonstrator Orbiter) 2, also known as EZ 2, is an experimental 12U cubesat for the United States Air Force Academy.

Payloads: 1
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Wiki

Stats

2020

24th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

138th mission
2nd mission of 2020
137th successful mission
133rd consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

83rd mission
2nd mission of 2020
82nd successful mission
73rd consecutive successful mission