NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

GE-1

Launch Time
Sun Sep 08, 1996 21:49 UTC

Rocket

Atlas IIA
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
ILS
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 2,479 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,316 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,180 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 47.5 m

Mission Details

GE-1

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,783.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1996

58th orbital launch attempt

Atlas II

24th mission
4th mission of 1996
24th successful mission