Atlas/NROL-35 mission stats

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This will be…

  • The 633rd launch for Atlas program since 1957
  • The 294th Atlas launch from Vandenberg AFB since 1959
  • The 43rd Atlas to use Space Launch Complex 3
  • The 10th Atlas 5 launch from Vandenberg AFB since 2008
  • The 222nd mission for the Centaur upper stage
  • The 199th use of Centaur by an Atlas rocket
  • The 455th production RL10 engine to be launched
  • The 57th flight of the RD-180 main engine
  • The 51st launch of an Atlas 5 since 2002
  • The 79th Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle flight
  • The 11th National Reconnaissance Office use of Atlas 5
  • The 91st United Launch Alliance flight overall
  • The 43rd Atlas 5 under United Launch Alliance
  • The 17th 500-series flight of the Atlas 5
  • The 3rd Atlas 5 to fly in the 541 configuration
  • The 9th Atlas launch of 2014