NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

GSSAP 5 & 6 (USSF-8)

Launch Time
Fri Jan 21, 2022 19:00 UTC

First and only flight of Atlas V 511.

Rocket

Atlas V 511
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Retired
Price: $130.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 5,489 kN
Payload to LEO: 11,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 5,250 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 1
Rocket Height: 62.2 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 26.5 m

Mission Details

GSSAP 5 & 6 (USSF-08)

Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites are a space-based capability operating in the near-geosynchronous orbit regime supporting U.S. Space Command space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network (SSN) sensor.

Payloads: 2
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2022

6th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

148th mission
1st mission of 2022
147th successful mission
143rd consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

91st mission
1st mission of 2022
90th successful mission
81st consecutive successful mission