Atlas V successfully launched its last ever national security mission

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href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/commercial/blue-origin/">Blue Origin</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_1998-scaled-e1732060786412-263x175.jpeg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/launch-roundup-111924/" title="Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches continue, Rocket Lab to launch two Electrons, Russia to fly to ISS"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/launch-roundup-111924/" title="Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches continue, Rocket Lab to launch two Electrons, Russia to fly to ISS">Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches continue, Rocket Lab...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-19T19:05:12-05:00">November 19, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/chinese/">Chinese</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HaoLong-Space-Cargo-Shuttle-Credit-Aviation-Industry-Corporation-of-China-crop-e1731690702218-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/china-roundup-202411/" title="China Roundup: Tiangong cargo supply contracts awarded; Shenzhou’s 25th anniversary"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/china-roundup-202411/" title="China Roundup: Tiangong cargo supply contracts awarded; Shenzhou’s 25th anniversary">China Roundup: Tiangong cargo supply contracts awarded; Shenzhou’s...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-15T02:37:32-05:00">November 15, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/chinese/">Chinese</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/A-Falcon-9-sits-on-the-pad-at-SLC-4E-at-the-Vandenberg-Space-Force-Base-Credit-SpaceX-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/launch-roundup-111124/" title="Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches customer payloads, China fly resupply mission to Tiangong"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/launch-roundup-111124/" title="Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches customer payloads, China fly resupply mission to Tiangong">Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches customer payloads, China...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-11T18:10:24-05:00">November 11, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-row penci-mega-4"> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/chinese/">Chinese</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Booster-1062-became-the-first-booster-to-complete-a-21st-launch-and-landing-May-2024-Credit-Julia-Bergeron-NSF-263x175.jpeg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/launch-roundup-112524/" title="Launch Roundup: ZhuQue-2E and Chang Zheng 12 take first flights; SpaceX launches classified mission"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/launch-roundup-112524/" title="Launch Roundup: ZhuQue-2E and Chang Zheng 12 take first flights; SpaceX launches classified mission">Launch Roundup: ZhuQue-2E and Chang Zheng 12 take...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-25T17:26:45-05:00">November 25, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/chinese/">Chinese</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_1998-scaled-e1732060786412-263x175.jpeg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/launch-roundup-111924/" title="Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches continue, Rocket Lab to launch two Electrons, Russia to fly to ISS"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/launch-roundup-111924/" title="Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches continue, Rocket Lab to launch two Electrons, Russia to fly to ISS">Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches continue, Rocket Lab...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-19T19:05:12-05:00">November 19, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/chinese/">Chinese</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HaoLong-Space-Cargo-Shuttle-Credit-Aviation-Industry-Corporation-of-China-crop-e1731690702218-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/china-roundup-202411/" title="China Roundup: Tiangong cargo supply contracts awarded; Shenzhou’s 25th anniversary"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/china-roundup-202411/" title="China Roundup: Tiangong cargo supply contracts awarded; Shenzhou’s 25th anniversary">China Roundup: Tiangong cargo supply contracts awarded; Shenzhou’s...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-15T02:37:32-05:00">November 15, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/chinese/">Chinese</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/A-Falcon-9-sits-on-the-pad-at-SLC-4E-at-the-Vandenberg-Space-Force-Base-Credit-SpaceX-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/launch-roundup-111124/" title="Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches customer payloads, China fly resupply mission to Tiangong"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/launch-roundup-111124/" title="Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches customer payloads, China fly resupply mission to Tiangong">Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches customer payloads, China...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-11T18:10:24-05:00">November 11, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-row penci-mega-12"> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/europe/">European</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ARIANE_6_fully_stacked_pillars-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/esa-arianespace-crossroads/" title="European Space Agency and Arianespace at a crossroads"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/esa-arianespace-crossroads/" title="European Space Agency and Arianespace at a crossroads">European Space Agency and Arianespace at a crossroads</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-09T15:55:54-05:00">November 9, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/europe/">European</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PLD-Space-lead-image-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/pld-space-miura-lince/" title="PLD Space unveils ambitious plan for the next decade"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/pld-space-miura-lince/" title="PLD Space unveils ambitious plan for the next decade">PLD Space unveils ambitious plan for the next...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-08T16:07:36-05:00">November 8, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/europe/">European</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GZUjHIOXwAApIp6-263x175.jpeg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/hera-launch/" title="ESA’s Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as Falcon 9 returns to flight"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/hera-launch/" title="ESA’s Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as Falcon 9 returns to flight">ESA’s Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-07T06:59:32-05:00">October 7, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/europe/">European</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Mercury_s_magnetosphere_during_BepiColombo_s_third_flyby_unannotated-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/bepicolombo-magnetosphere/" title="Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover features within Mercury’s magnetosphere"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/bepicolombo-magnetosphere/" title="Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover features within Mercury’s magnetosphere">Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-06T15:45:55-05:00">October 6, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-row penci-mega-756"> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/indian/">Indian</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_4381-263x175.jpeg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/08/launch-roundup-081224/" title="Launch Roundup: Progress MS-28, Indian SSLV, Chinese CZ-4B, and Falcon 9 flights scheduled"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/08/launch-roundup-081224/" title="Launch Roundup: Progress MS-28, Indian SSLV, Chinese CZ-4B, and Falcon 9 flights scheduled">Launch Roundup: Progress MS-28, Indian SSLV, Chinese CZ-4B,...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-12T18:02:54-05:00">August 12, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/indian/">Indian</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AS_c10_A_4K.0001-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/02/launch-roundup-021524/" title="Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch next ISS crew rotation; Electron launches debris removal demonstration"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/02/launch-roundup-021524/" title="Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch next ISS crew rotation; Electron launches debris removal demonstration">Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch next ISS crew...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-02-15T16:03:40-05:00">February 15, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/indian/">Indian</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/NSF-2024-01-01-13-25-00-661-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/12/india-xposat/" title="India kicks off 2024 with X-ray astronomy satellite launch"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/12/india-xposat/" title="India kicks off 2024 with X-ray astronomy satellite launch">India kicks off 2024 with X-ray astronomy satellite...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-12-31T18:25:03-05:00">December 31, 2023</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/indian/">Indian</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IF3A9134.resize-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/12/launch-roundup-121923/" title="Launch Roundup: scrubs deny SpaceX its 100 Falcon launch goal; look to end the year with a 300th mission milestone"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/12/launch-roundup-121923/" title="Launch Roundup: scrubs deny SpaceX its 100 Falcon launch goal; look to end the year with a 300th mission milestone">Launch Roundup: scrubs deny SpaceX its 100 Falcon...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-12-19T17:35:51-05:00">December 19, 2023</time></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-row penci-mega-3521"> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/japan/">Japan</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Falcon-9-launches-NROL-167-SpaceXs-400th-orbital-launch-from-SLC-4E-at-Vandenberg-Credit-SpaceX-263x175.png" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/launch-roundup-102124/" title="Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches 400th orbital flight; Blue Origin, China launch missions"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/launch-roundup-102124/" title="Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches 400th orbital flight; Blue Origin, China launch missions">Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches 400th orbital flight; Blue...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-21T16:29:45-05:00">October 21, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/japan/">Japan</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Mercury_s_magnetosphere_during_BepiColombo_s_third_flyby_unannotated-263x175.jpg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/bepicolombo-magnetosphere/" title="Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover features within Mercury’s magnetosphere"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/bepicolombo-magnetosphere/" title="Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover features within Mercury’s magnetosphere">Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-06T15:45:55-05:00">October 6, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/japan/">Japan</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Artist_impression_of_the_supermassive_black_hole_in_NGC_4151_pillars-1-263x175.png" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/09/xrism-n132d-ngc4151/" title="One year into mission, XRISM reveals movements of cosmic material around supernova remnant and black hole"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/09/xrism-n132d-ngc4151/" title="One year into mission, XRISM reveals movements of cosmic material around supernova remnant and black hole">One year into mission, XRISM reveals movements of...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-29T15:04:32-05:00">September 29, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div class="penci-mega-thumbnail"> <span class="mega-cat-name"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/news/international/japan/">Japan</a> </span> <a class="penci-image-holder penci-lazy" data-bgset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1889-263x175.jpeg" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/09/launch-roundup-092324/" title="Launch Roundup: NASA Crew-9 flies half-empty, Starlink and Chinese launches continue"> </a> </div> <div class="penci-mega-meta"> <h3 class="post-mega-title"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/09/launch-roundup-092324/" title="Launch Roundup: NASA Crew-9 flies half-empty, Starlink and Chinese launches continue">Launch Roundup: NASA Crew-9 flies half-empty, Starlink and...</a> </h3> <p class="penci-mega-date"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-23T12:54:21-05:00">September 23, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="penci-mega-row penci-mega-5"> <div class="penci-mega-post"> <div 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byline"><span class="author vcard">written by <a class="author-url url fn n" href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/author/justin/">Justin Davenport</a> </span></span> <span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-29T15:16:07-05:00">July 29, 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="post-image"> <a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NSF-2024-07-30-18-34-06-963.jpg" data-rel="penci-gallery-image-content"> <img class="attachment-penci-full-thumb size-penci-full-thumb penci-lazy wp-post-image pc-singlep-img" width="1170" height="898" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201170%20898'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" title="NSF 2024-07-30 18-34-06-963" data-sizes="auto" data-srcset="" data-src="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NSF-2024-07-30-18-34-06-963-1170x898.jpg"> </a> </div> <div class="post-entry blockquote-style-2"> <div class="inner-post-entry entry-content" id="penci-post-entry-inner"> <i class="penci-post-countview-number-check" style="display:none">2.4K</i> <p>United Launch Alliance, formed in 2006 to merge the Boeing and Lockheed Martin launch vehicle programs, has flown 100 national security missions over the last 18 years using the Delta II, Delta IV, and Atlas V rocket families. USSF-51 was ULA’s 100th national security launch, and the last ever flown by an Atlas-family rocket.</p> <p>An Atlas V 551, AV-101, was rolled out to Space Launch Complex-41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to fly a classified national security payload for the US Space Force. The USSF-51 mission successfully launched on Tuesday, July 30, at 6:45 AM EDT (10:45 UTC), at the beginning of a five-hour launch window. This window closed at 11:45 AM EDT (15:45 UTC).</p> <p><span id="more-101166"></span></p> <p><iframe title="ULAs Atlas V-551 Launches USSF-51 for the United States Space Force" width="1170" height="878" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PWQNxvCC_Y0?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>The Atlas V flew eastward on a trajectory used to fly payloads to a geosynchronous equatorial orbit 35,786 kilometers above Earth. Past Atlas V national security launches from Florida have flown satellites used for secure communications by the United States Armed Forces along with missile warning and signals intelligence spacecraft.</p> <div id="attachment_101168" style="width: 2010px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1D353BE9-8AD4-4A39-9870-56CCFB950AB1.jpeg" data-rel="penci-gallery-image-content" ><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-101168" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-101168" src="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1D353BE9-8AD4-4A39-9870-56CCFB950AB1.jpeg" alt="" width="2000" height="1333" srcset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1D353BE9-8AD4-4A39-9870-56CCFB950AB1.jpeg 2000w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1D353BE9-8AD4-4A39-9870-56CCFB950AB1-350x233.jpeg 350w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1D353BE9-8AD4-4A39-9870-56CCFB950AB1-525x350.jpeg 525w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1D353BE9-8AD4-4A39-9870-56CCFB950AB1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1D353BE9-8AD4-4A39-9870-56CCFB950AB1-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1D353BE9-8AD4-4A39-9870-56CCFB950AB1-1170x780.jpeg 1170w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1D353BE9-8AD4-4A39-9870-56CCFB950AB1-585x390.jpeg 585w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1D353BE9-8AD4-4A39-9870-56CCFB950AB1-263x175.jpeg 263w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-101168" class="wp-caption-text">The Atlas V 551 for USSF-51 prior to being rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) to Pad 41. (Credit: Julia Bergeron for NSF/L2)</p></div> <p>The Atlas V 551 is the most powerful variant of the Atlas V family, which made its launch debut in 2002. This variant, debuting in 2006, uses a five-meter payload fairing, has five solid rocket boosters, and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. The core stage uses one Russian-made RD-180 engine that uses liquid oxygen and RP-1 kerosene as propellants along with two combustion chambers and two nozzles.</p> <p>After the RD-180, derived from the RD-170 engine used on the Soviet Energia rocket, ignited just over two seconds before launch, the engine ran briefly before liftoff. At T0, the nearly 60-meter tall USSF-51 vehicle launched on the power of that engine and five Northrop Grumman GEM-63 solid rocket boosters built in Promontory, Utah. Together, the RD-180 and five GEM-63s generated 12 meganewtons (around 2,700,000 pounds) of thrust.</p> <p>The rocket, massing 587,000 kilograms at launch, flew through the lower atmosphere on an eastward trajectory before reaching the speed of sound at 35 seconds past liftoff. USSF-51 reached maximum dynamic pressure, or Max Q, at 47 seconds past liftoff, where the aerodynamic forces on the vehicle were greatest.</p> <div id="attachment_101171" style="width: 2570px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_3879-scaled.jpeg" data-rel="penci-gallery-image-content" ><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-101171" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-101171" src="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_3879-scaled.jpeg" alt="" width="2560" height="1707" srcset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_3879-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_3879-350x233.jpeg 350w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_3879-525x350.jpeg 525w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_3879-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_3879-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_3879-1170x780.jpeg 1170w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_3879-585x390.jpeg 585w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_3879-263x175.jpeg 263w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-101171" class="wp-caption-text">The USSF-51 launch will be visible in Florida and the Caribbean. Sunrise at Cape Canaveral will be at 6:43 AM EDT on July 30, two minutes before the USSF-51 launch window starts. (Credit: ULA)</p></div> <p>As the rocket flew into the thinner upper atmosphere the forces on the Atlas V diminished, and the five solid rocket boosters were jettisoned at the one-minute 44-second mark. The payload fairing was jettisoned at three minutes and 13 seconds, exposing the USSF-51 payload and the Centaur upper stage to space since they no longer needed to be protected from the atmosphere.</p> <p>After the core stage shutdown, known as booster engine cut off (BECO), and stage separation, the single-engine Centaur, powered by a single Aerojet Rocketdyne RL-10 engine, was intended to continue the rest of the trip to an initial parking orbit.</p> <p>This stage, using liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, sent the USSF-51 payload to its final orbit, though details of this sequence are classified. The specific timing of BECO was not published for this flight, and ULA video coverage ended after payload fairing separation on this classified flight. Mission success was declared seven hours after liftoff.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wondering how you can see the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AtlasV</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USSF51?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USSF51</a> launch? The visibility map shows when and where your best chances are to see the rocket as it launches July 30, 2024 at 6:45 a.m. ET (1045 UTC) from Cape Canaveral. </p> <p>Launch info: <a href="https://t.co/HvvsExVAKR">https://t.co/HvvsExVAKR</a> <a href="https://t.co/LwKLUYSoJQ">pic.twitter.com/LwKLUYSoJQ</a></p> <p>— ULA (@ulalaunch) <a href="https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1817637409191760078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>The initial launch weather forecast for this flight was 80 percent favorable for Tuesday as per a ULA posting on X. Closer to the launch, an official forecast was issued by the US Space Force’s 45th Space Weather Squadron based at Patrick Space Force Base next to CCSFS.</p> <p>After the USSF-51 flight, the Atlas V has 15 more flights scheduled before it is retired later this decade in favor of its successor, the Vulcan. This is the 58th and last national security flight for the Atlas V, and ULA is working on getting the Vulcan certified for national security payloads with its second flight coming as early as September.</p> <p>Most of the remaining Atlas V flights are to be divided up between Project Kuiper broadband satellites using the Atlas V 551, and Starliner flights using the Atlas V N22. One flight, also using the 551, is earmarked for the ViaSat-3 EMEA communications satellite at the time of writing.</p> <div id="attachment_101169" style="width: 2570px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53867457736_d32f9bf288_o-scaled.jpeg" data-rel="penci-gallery-image-content" ><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-101169" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-101169" src="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53867457736_d32f9bf288_o-scaled.jpeg" alt="" width="2560" height="1707" srcset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53867457736_d32f9bf288_o-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53867457736_d32f9bf288_o-350x233.jpeg 350w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53867457736_d32f9bf288_o-525x350.jpeg 525w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53867457736_d32f9bf288_o-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53867457736_d32f9bf288_o-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53867457736_d32f9bf288_o-1170x780.jpeg 1170w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53867457736_d32f9bf288_o-585x390.jpeg 585w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53867457736_d32f9bf288_o-263x175.jpeg 263w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-101169" class="wp-caption-text">The USSF-51 mission patch and USSF logo on the 5-meter wide short payload fairing during processing. (Credit: ULA)</p></div> <p>The USSF-51 mission patch was released with the motto “Alis Grave Nil” which in Latin means “nothing is too heavy for those who have wings.” The patch also contains a winged horse and a bright red star. Many patches for Space Force missions have symbolism related in some way to the mission.</p> <p>Out of the 58 national security launches that were conducted for the Atlas V family, 53 of these have been conducted as part of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) procurement since 2007. USSF-51 mission director Dr. Walt Lauderdale stated “this NSSL partnership is a prime example demonstrating our resiliency and capacity to support national security objectives in a time of evolving Great Power competition.”</p> <p>ULA is one of three companies, including Blue Origin and SpaceX, that have qualified to compete for launches under the upcoming NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 procurement, with at least 30 missions being flown to low-Earth orbit for the USSF and the National Reconnaissance Office. The company is also flying additional missions starting in 2025 under the NSSL Phase 2 procurement which was awarded in 2020 to ULA and SpaceX.</p> <div id="attachment_101170" style="width: 2570px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53832937983_62504a636b_o-scaled.jpeg" data-rel="penci-gallery-image-content" ><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-101170" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-101170" src="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53832937983_62504a636b_o-scaled.jpeg" alt="" width="2560" height="1707" srcset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53832937983_62504a636b_o-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53832937983_62504a636b_o-350x233.jpeg 350w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53832937983_62504a636b_o-525x350.jpeg 525w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53832937983_62504a636b_o-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53832937983_62504a636b_o-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53832937983_62504a636b_o-1170x780.jpeg 1170w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53832937983_62504a636b_o-585x390.jpeg 585w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53832937983_62504a636b_o-263x175.jpeg 263w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-101170" class="wp-caption-text">The USSF-51 core stage is being loaded into the VIF during processing. The core and Centaur upper stages are transported from the ULA Decatur, Alabama factory to the launch site. (Credit: ULA)</p></div> <p>The NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 procurement, involving more challenging missions to different orbits, is to be announced at a later date. The Vulcan is designed to fly the full range of missions that had been done by the Atlas V and Delta IV families, including missions that only the Delta IV Heavy could previously fly, while SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and Blue Origin’s New Glenn can also fly heavier payloads than any Atlas V could.</p> <p>The Atlas V’s reliance on Russian-made RD-180 engines became problematic after the Russian invasion and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in 2014. ULA contracted with Blue Origin to build the BE-4 engine, using liquid natural gas and liquid oxygen as propellants, as a US-built replacement for the RD-180, and it is this engine that now powers the Vulcan rocket.</p> <div id="attachment_101173" style="width: 1610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_7770-rotated.jpeg" data-rel="penci-gallery-image-content" ><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-101173" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-101173" src="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_7770-rotated.jpeg" alt="" width="1600" height="2400" srcset="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_7770-rotated.jpeg 1600w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_7770-233x350.jpeg 233w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_7770-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_7770-1170x1755.jpeg 1170w" sizes="(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-101173" class="wp-caption-text">The Atlas V is a very distant descendant of the SM-65 Atlas ICBM developed for the USAF. This Atlas stands in front of the Strategic Air Command Museum in Nebraska. (Credit: Justin Davenport for NSF)</p></div> <p>While the Atlas V flies out its remaining manifest, the Atlas family’s legacy extends to the earliest days of the Space Age. Atlas family rockets have flown 683 reported times since 1957, with Convair building the first SM-65 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles in a plant in San Diego, California in that timeframe. USSF-51’s flight has closed out a long history of rockets with the Atlas name flying or standing alert for national security purposes.</p> <p><em>(Lead image: The Atlas V 551 stands on Pad 41 for the USSF-51 launch. 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