1996 · Lockheed Martin
GE 1
successAtlas IIA | GE 1
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 8, 1996 at 09:49 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36B
- Mission
- GE 1
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit