1997 · Lockheed Martin
GE 3
successAtlas IIAS | GE 3
GE 3 carries also 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders to provide voice and video communications to North America after parking at 127° W longitude.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 4, 1997 at 12:03 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A
- Mission
- GE 3
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit