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1979 · United States Air Force

FLTSATCOM 2

successAtlas SLV-3D Centaur | FLTSATCOM 2

FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications

Overview

Date / time: May 4, 1979 at 06:57 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 36A
Mission: FLTSATCOM 2
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur →

Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

OPS 6392 (FLTSATCOM 2)