Atlas V 531 launched AEHF-2 (USA-235), the second U.S. Air Force Advanced Extreme High Frequency satellite, into a supersynchronous transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral to provide secure, jam-resistant military communications.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.2 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 5 Atlas V 531 flights
- Date and time
- 4 May 2012, 18:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas V 531
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2012-019
- Launches in 2012
- 20th of 78
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