The final Atlas V 531 flight carried the SES-20 and SES-21 C-band communications satellites to geostationary transfer orbit, helping SES clear mid-band spectrum for 5G use while maintaining TV service to about 120 million US homes.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 5 Atlas V 531 flights
- Date and time
- 4 October 2022, 21:36 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas V 531
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2022-123
- Launches in 2022
- 127th of 186
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