ULA Atlas V 401 DMSP-5D3 F18 (USA-210)

Name: ULA Atlas V 401 DMSP-5D3 F18 (USA-210)
Start: 2009-10-18T16:12:01.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 3E

Atlas V 401

Status

Success

Date

18 OCT 2009

16:12

Launch Provider

United Launch Alliance

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 3E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

The Defence Metoerological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic and solar-terrestrial physics for the Department of Defence, managed by Air Force Space Command and operated by NOAA.

Rocket

Atlas V 401

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.

Height

58.3 m

Diameter

3.8 m

Launch Mass

590 T

Thrust

3,827 kN