USAF Atlas SLV-3D Centaur FLTSATCOM 1

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3D Centaur FLTSATCOM 1
Start: 1978-02-09T21:17:01.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36A

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Status

Success

Date

9 FEB 1978

21:17

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

21 m

Diameter

3.05 m

Launch Mass

120 T