LAUNCH MISSION

Convair Atlas SLV-3D Centaur Comstar 1D

Name: Convair Atlas SLV-3D Centaur Comstar 1D
Start: 1981-02-21T23:23:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36A

Status

Success

DATE

21 FEB 1981

LAUNCH PROVIDER

Convair

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.

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