USAF Atlas SLV-3D Centaur Intelsat 501

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3D Centaur Intelsat 501
Start: 1981-05-23T22:42:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36B

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Status

Success

Date

23 MAY 1981

22:42

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Geostationary communications satellite

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Mission Type

Communications

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