LAUNCH MISSION

USAF Atlas SLV-3C Centaur INTELSAT IV F2

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3C Centaur INTELSAT IV F2
Start: 1971-01-26T00:36:03.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36A

Status

Success

DATE

26 JAN 1971

LAUNCH PROVIDER

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Description

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

Atlas SLV-3C 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.

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