1999 · United States Air Force

Milstar 3

failureTitan IVB | Milstar 3

Milstar (Military Strategic & Tactical Relay) is the tactical and strategic multiservice satellite system designed to provide survivable communications for U.S. forces worldwide.

Overview

Date / time: April 30, 1999 at 04:30 PM UTC
Outcome: failure
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40
Mission: Milstar 3
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Geosynchronous Orbit

Launch vehicle

Titan IVB/Centaur →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

USA 143 (MILSTAR-2 1)

MEO