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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
Launch vehicle
Atlas IIA →
Launch provider
Lockheed Martin →

Payloads deployed · 1

AMC-1 (GE-1)
GEO