A Titan IVB/Centaur launched the Milstar DFS-4 (USA 157) satellite, the second Block 2 Milstar spacecraft, providing the US military with secure, jam-resistant UHF/EHF/SHF communications from geostationary orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.5 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 7 Titan IVB/Centaur flights
- Date and time
- 27 February 2001, 21:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IVB/Centaur
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2001-009
- Launches in 2001
- 9th of 59
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