Atlas 5

Northrop Grumman produced the composite heat shield that provides protection to the Atlas V first-stage engine, the Centaur Interstage Adapter that houses the second-stage engine, and the broadtail that adapts from the core vehicle to the five-meter diameter fairing using advanced fiber placement manufacturing and automated inspection techniques.

Two Northrop Grumman Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites named GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 were launched into orbit on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as part of the USSF-8 mission.

The USSF-8 flight was the first and only planned flight of the Atlas 5 in the 511 configuration.

The USSF-8 mission was the third ULA Atlas V rocket launch supported by Northrop Grumman’s 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) solid rocket booster.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched the USSF-8 mission on 2022-01-21.

The GEM 63 solid rocket booster provided nearly a third of the total thrust at liftoff for the Atlas V on the USSF-8 mission.

The USSF-8 mission launched on an Atlas V 511 configuration rocket that included a 5-meter short payload fairing.

The Atlas 5 USSF-8 flight used the 511 configuration with a single solid rocket booster and a 5-meter-diameter payload fairing.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on 2022-01-21 at 2:00 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Atlas 5 lifted off at 2:00 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

The Atlas V launch carrying the USSF-8 mission is planned to lift off on Friday, 2022-01-21 at 2:00 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The USSF-8 mission will launch on an Atlas V 511 configuration rocket that includes a 5-meter short payload fairing and stands 59.7 m (59.7 m) tall.

Amazon’s Project Kuiper acquired the last nine Atlas V launches from United Launch Alliance in 2021.

Boeing will work with United Launch Alliance to consider launch opportunities for OFT-2 on an Atlas V rocket.

NOAA’s second Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-2) is scheduled to launch in September 2022 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

The Atlas V on the STP-3 mission was equipped with a new In-Flight Power System that supplies power to the satellites’ batteries during the rocket’s long-duration ascent of more than seven hours.

Northrop Grumman provided five Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM) 63 solid rocket boosters for the Atlas V 551 that launched STP-3.

The Atlas 5 lifted off at 5:19 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.