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1978 · United States Air Force

FLTSATCOM 1

successAtlas SLV-3D Centaur | FLTSATCOM 1

FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications

Overview

Date / time: February 9, 1978 at 09:17 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 36A
Mission: FLTSATCOM 1
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

OPS 6391 (FLTSATCOM 1)