1981 · United States Air Force
FLTSATCOM 5
successAtlas SLV-3D Centaur | FLTSATCOM 5
FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications
Overview
- Date / time
- August 6, 1981 at 08:16 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A
- Mission
- FLTSATCOM 5
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit