NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

AFSPC-11 & Others (USA-283 to USA-287)

Launch Time
Sat Apr 14, 2018 23:13 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 551
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Active
Price: $153.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 12,141 kN
Payload to LEO: 18,850 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,900 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 5
Rocket Height: 62.2 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 26.5 m

Mission Details

AFSPC 11 (USA-283)

CBAS (Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM) is a geostationary satellite to provide communications relay capabilities to support senior leaders, combatant commanders, augmenting existing military satcom.

Payloads: 1
Geostationary Earth Orbit

EAGLE (USA-284)

EAGLE (ESPA Augmented Geostationary Laboratory Experiment) is an experimental satellite built by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and is flown via the STP (Space Test Program).

Payloads: 1
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Mycroft (USA-285)

Mycroft is an experimental satellite built by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and is flown via the STP (Space Test Program) to demonstrate satellite inspection.

Mycroft is the 4th generation experimental Space Situational Awareness (SSA) spacecraft that builds upon technology, knowledge, and lessons learned from XSS-10 (2003), XSS-11 (2005), and ANGELS (2014).It is built on an Orbital ATK ESPASat bus.

Payloads: 1
Geostationary Earth Orbit

USA-286

USA 286 is an unidentified experimental satellite built by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and is flown via the STP (Space Test Program).

Likely USA 286 is one of the payloads listed on the EAGLE mission - with ARMOR (AFRL-1201 Resilient Spacecraft Bus Development Experiment) being the most probable candidate.

Payloads: 1
Geostationary Earth Orbit

USA-287

USA 287 is an unidentified experimental satellite built by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and is flown via the STP (Space Test Program).

Likely USA 287 is one of the payloads listed on the EAGLE mission - with ARMOR (AFRL-1201 Resilient Spacecraft Bus Development Experiment) being the most probable candidate.

Payloads: 1

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2018

36th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

127th mission
4th mission of 2018
126th successful mission
122nd consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

77th mission
3rd mission of 2018
76th successful mission
67th consecutive successful mission