Atlas V 511 | USSF-8 (GSSAP 5 & 6)

Status

Success

USSF-8 (GSSAP 5 & 6)

Launch Time
Fri Jan 21, 2022 19:00 UTC

First and only flight of Atlas V 511.

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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

Details

Mission Details

USSF-8 (GSSAP 5 & 6)

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.

Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman

Operator: United States Space Force

Payloads: 2

Geostationary Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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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