1997 · Lockheed Martin
DSCS-3 B13
successAtlas IIA | DSCS-3 B13
DSCS-3 (Defense Satellite Communications System 3) are geostationary communications satellites, which provide a robust anti-jam, nuclear hardened capability that supports Department of Defense (DoD) worldwide requirements, White House and Diplomatic communications. They are the follow-on generation of the DSCS-2 satellites.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 25, 1997 at 12:46 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A
- Mission
- DSCS-3 B13
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit