United States Air Force
Galaxy 10
Delta III 8930
FAILURE
Failure
Thursday, August 27, 1998 · 01:17 UTC
Mission
/01Galaxy 10, a Hughes HS-601HP satellite, would have joined PanAmSat's fleet of dual-payload spacecraft serving the United States. It was the first satellite to be carried on the new Boeing Delta-8930 rocket. The launch occurred on 26 August 1998, but the satellite was lost when the Delta-8930 failed.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Delta III 8930
Variant: 8930
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.446° N, 80.566° W
107
Pad Launches
551
Location Launches
998
Agency Launches
52
Orbital This Year