Atlas V 401 | SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

Atlas V 401 | SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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United Launch Alliance

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

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SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which is observing the Sun. SDO is a three-axis stabilized spacecraft, with two solar arrays, and two high-gain antennas, in an inclined geosynchronous orbit around Earth.

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Atlas V 401


Height 58.30 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 4950 kg

Liftoff Thrust 3827 kN

Diameter 3.80 Meters

Mass To LEO 9050 kg

Liftoff Mass 590 Tonnes


Launch Success 41

Consecutive Success 41

Maiden Flight 2002-08-21

Launch Failures 0


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NASA Large Strategic Science Missions

NASA's large strategic science missions or large strategic missions, formerly known as Flagship missions or Flagship-class missions, are the costliest and most capable NASA science spacecraft. Flagship missions exist within all four divisions of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD): the astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science divisions.

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