Atlas V to Launch AFSPC-11



Rocket: Atlas V 551

Mission: AFSPC-11

Launch Date: Saturday, April 14, 2018

Launch Time: 7:13 p.m. EDT

Launch Broadcast: Live launch coverage will begin at 6:53 p.m. EDT



Launch Location: Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Mission Description: Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-11 is a multi-manifested mission. The forward spacecraft is referred to as CBAS (Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM) and the aft spacecraft is EAGLE (ESPA Augmented GEO Laboratory Experiment).

Launch Notes: AFSPC-11 will mark the 77th launch of the Atlas V rocket since its inaugural launch in 2002 and the eighth in the 551 configuration, which produces more than 2.5 million pounds of thrust off the launch pad. This mission will be ULA’s 127th since the company was founded in December 2006.



Launch Updates: To keep up to speed with updates to the launch countdown, dial the ULA launch hotline at 1-877-852-4321 or join the conversation at www.facebook.com/ulalaunch, twitter.com/ulalaunch and instagram.com/ulalaunch; hashtag #AtlasV.

Go Atlas! Go Centaur! Go AFSPC-11!

