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Atlas IIAS | NROL-18 launched on Tue, Dec 2, 2003, 10:04 AM UTC — a Lockheed Martin mission.
NET Tue, Dec 2, 2003, 10:04 AM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Atlas IIAS to Low Earth Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Atlas IIAS ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
USA 173 is an American military satellite (operated by the National Reconnaissance Office)
Around this launch
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Good to know
Atlas IIAS | NROL-18 is scheduled to lift off Tue, Dec 2, 2003, 10:04 AM UTC.
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Atlas IIAS | NROL-18 is an Lockheed Martin mission flying on a Atlas IIAS.
It lifts off from Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.