USAF Atlas SLV-3D Centaur Intelsat 505

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3D Centaur Intelsat 505
Start: 1982-09-28T23:17:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36B

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Status

Success

Date

28 SEP 1982

23:17

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