Atlas IIIA

In-active Atlas

Lockheed Martin (LMT)

May 24, 2000

Description

American orbital launch vehicle used between 2000 and 2005.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    52.8 m
  • Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    214 T
  • Thrust
    4149 kN
Family
  • Name
    Atlas IIIA
  • Family
    Atlas
  • Variant
    IIIA
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Atlas IIIA
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    8640 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    4055 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Lockheed Martin

Commercial
None
LMT 1953

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.

Atlas Agena B | MBSAT

Lockheed Martin | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
March 13, 2004, 5:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

MBSat 1 (Mobile Broadcasting Satellite) or Hanbyul is a mobile broadcasting satellite jointly built for the Japanese Mobile Broacasting Corp. and the South Korean SK Telecom.

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas Agena B | Eutelsat W4

Lockheed Martin | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
May 24, 2000, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The W satellites are designed to provide telecommunications services primarily over Europe (W1, W2, W3, W3A and W5) and communication services over Russia and Africa (W4). Eutelsat W4 is designed to provide 31 transponders at saturation. The W satellites have a minimum operational lifetime of 12 years. The spacecraft is based on the Spacebus-3000B2 platform.

Geostationary Orbit
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