United Launch Alliance's Atlas V 421 orbited the U.S. Air Force's WGS-2 satellite, the second Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft, adding high-capacity broadcast and communications capacity for military C4ISR and battle-management operations.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.8 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 9 Atlas V 421 flights
- Date and time
- 4 April 2009, 00:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas V 421
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2009-017
- Launches in 2009
- 18th of 78
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