Atlas | NROL-23
Launch Complex 36B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
NROL-23 (Intruder 7A & 7B)
Last launch of an Atlas model using the original, innovative, balloon propellant tanks conceived in 1947. Third launch of new generation paired satellites used for tracking, characterisation, and intelligence on naval vessels and civilian shipping worldwide.
Atlas IIIB
Height 52.80 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 4498 kg
Liftoff Thrust 4149 kN
Diameter 3.05 Meters
Mass To LEO 10218 kg
Liftoff Mass 213 Tonnes
Launch Success 4
Consecutive Success 4
Maiden Flight 2002-02-21
Launch Failures 0
