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Atlas IIA
Launched 1996-09-08 21:49:01 UTCLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
58th
orbital launch attempt in 1996
Lockheed Martin
4th
launch this year
Launch Complex 36B
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
131 d 17 h
since the pad's previous launch
GE-1 is owned by GE Americom and is a continuation of the old RCA/GE Satcom series. GE-1 has 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, and replaced Satcom K1. GE-1 was placed in a supersynchronous transfer orbit of 191 × 56495 km × 25.0 deg.
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
Launches
80
Successful
77
96%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
47.5m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
6,580kg
Liftoff thrust
2,479kN
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