MISSION NAME
Comstar 1A
Status
Success
DATE
13 MAY 1976
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 36A
Description
Geostationary communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Company
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
Rocket Description
The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.