NROL-36, a classified National Reconnaissance Office mission from Vandenberg believed to have carried a pair of NOSS naval ocean-surveillance satellites, plus 11 rideshare CubeSats via NASA's ELaNa program. The launch had been delayed roughly six weeks by range instrumentation issues.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 2.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 14th
- of 41 Atlas V 401 flights
- Date and time
- 13 September 2012, 21:39 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2012-048
- Launches in 2012
- 50th of 78
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