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1981 · Convair

Comstar 1D

successAtlas SLV-3D Centaur | Comstar 1D

Geostationary communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Company

Overview

Date / time: February 21, 1981 at 11:23 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 36A
Mission: Comstar 1D
Mission type: Communications
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

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Launch provider

Payloads deployed · 1

ESIAFI 1 (COMSTAR 4)