1995 · Lockheed Martin
DSCS-3 B7
successAtlas IIA | DSCS-3 B7
DSCS-3 (Defense Satellite Communications System 3) are geostationary communications satellites, which provide a robust anti-jam, nuclear hardened capability that supports Department of Defense (DoD) worldwide requirements, White House and Diplomatic communications. They are the follow-on generation of the DSCS-2 satellites.
Overview
- Date / time
- July 31, 1995 at 11:30 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A
- Mission
- DSCS-3 B7
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit