Atlas V 531 launched AEHF-3 (USA-246), the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite, providing protected, jam-resistant strategic and tactical communications for the U.S. military.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.2 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 5 Atlas V 531 flights
- Date and time
- 18 September 2013, 08:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas V 531
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2013-050
- Launches in 2013
- 52nd of 81
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