Atlas IIA
SuccessGE 1 · Lockheed Martin
Launch time (NET)
Sunday, Sep 8, 1996, 21:49 UTC
Launch window
Sunday, Sep 8, 1996, 21:49 UTC – Sunday, Sep 8, 1996, 21:49 UTC
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Rocket
Launch pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
GE 1
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
GE-1 is owned by GE Americom and is a continuation of the old RCA/GE Satcom series. GE-1 has 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, and replaced Satcom K1. GE-1 was placed in a supersynchronous transfer orbit of 191 × 56495 km × 25.0 deg.
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