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Detailed explanation-1: -SBIRS GEO-5, built by Lockheed Martin, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 18, 2021. This marked the first military satellite launch of Lockheed Martin’s LM2100 Combat Bus™.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are 19 Atlas 5s remaining in ULA’s inventory. All are slated to launch from Cape Canaveral.
Detailed explanation-3: -The launches will be accomplished from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), India’s Spaceport, located at Sriharikota, near Chennai. Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) employing cryogenic stage is intended to carry heavier satellites of the order of 2200 kg into the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits (GTO).
Detailed explanation-4: -Liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla.
Detailed explanation-5: -How many satellite stations are there in India? The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launch Station (TERLS) near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, are the two launch facilities that India currently operates under ISRO.