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1978 · United States Air Force

Intelsat-4A 6

successAtlas SLV-3D Centaur | Intelsat-4A 6

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

Overview

Date / time: March 31, 1978 at 11:36 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 36B
Mission: Intelsat-4A 6
Mission type: Communications
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1