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Atlas V 500 series was successfully launched on April 28 , 2025 on the Inaugural launch of Amazon’s Project KUIPER to deliver the first satellites of the Constellation.
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41
Vehicle: 551 configuration with 5 GEM-63 strap-on solid rocket boosters.
Payload: Amazon’s project KUIPER-1 constellation
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Delta IV Heavy successfully launched on Sep 24, 2022 final launch of a Delta IV Heavy vehicle from Vandenberg.
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-6
Vehicle: Delta IV Heavy variant, Long bisector fairing, Delta IV boosters, RS-68A engines.
Payload: Classified NROL-91 mission from the National Reconnaissance Office, believed to be a KH-11 19 Electro-optical surveillance spy satellite.
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Atlas V 500 series was successfully launched on Jan 21, 2022 on a mission for the United States Space Force.
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41
Vehicle: First and only planned 511 configuration, AV-084, Short payload fairing and one GEM-63 strap-on solid rocket booster.
Payload: USSF-8 mission (Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites—GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6)
1:96 Scale Model (photos by Silas Janosko and R. Garrett Cortelyou III)
Delta IV Heavy successfully launched on April 26, 2021
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-6
Vehicle: Delta IV Heavy variant, Long bisector fairing, Delta IV boosters, RS-68A engines.
Payload: Classified NROL-82 mission from the National Reconnaissance Office, believed to be an Advanced KH-II/12 optical spy satellite.
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