United States Air Force

DSCS-3 B12

Atlas II

SUCCESS

Success

Thursday, July 2, 1992 · 21:54 UTC

Mission

/01

American communications satellite used for high priority communications between defense officials and battlefield commanders.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

/02

Rocket

Variant: II

Launch Pad

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.471° N, 80.542° W

Pad Launches

457

Location Launches

911

Agency Launches

Orbital This Year