Atlas V 521 | Rainbow 1

Status

Success

Rainbow 1

Launch Time
Thu Jul 17, 2003 23:45 UTC

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Rocket

Atlas V 521

Image Credit: ULA

ILS

Status: Retired

Price: $135.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,152 kN

Payload to LEO: 13,500 kg

Payload to GTO: 6,480 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 2

Rocket Height: 62.2 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m

Fairing Height: 26.5 m

Details

Mission Details

Rainbow 1

Echostar 12 (E*12), also known as Cablevision-1 and Rainbow-1, is a commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous Earth orbit. It was launched on 17 July 2003, as Rainbow-1, by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 4,328.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2003

33rd orbital launch attempt

Atlas V

3rd mission

2nd mission of 2003

3rd successful mission