Milstar 1

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Milstar (Military Strategic & Tactical Relay), DFS (Development Flight Satellite) is the tactical and strategic multiservice satellite system designed to provide survivable communications for U.S. forces worldwide. The program is managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Center.

Titan 401A Centaur

Family:
Configuration: 401A Centaur

Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    63.1 m
  • Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Launch Mass
    868.0 T
  • Thrust
    14200.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Titan 401A Centaur
  • Family
  • Variant
    401A Centaur
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Titan 401A Centaur
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    21680.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    9000.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin

(LMT)

Founded: 1953 Successes: 77 Failures: 3 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

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.

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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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