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1993 · United States Air Force

Telstar 401

successAtlas IIAS | Telstar 401

The Telstar 4 series was the successor to AT&T's Telstar 3 series. The spacecraft were built on Lockheed Martin's AS-7000 bus and featured 24 C-band and 16 Ku-band transponders.

Overview

Date / time
December 16, 1993 at 12:40 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 36B
Mission
Telstar 401
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Atlas IIAS →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

TELSTAR 401
GEO