Lockheed Martin
Tempo 2
Atlas IIA
SUCCESS
Success
Saturday, March 8, 1997 · 06:01 UTC
Mission
/01The Tempo 1 and 2 satellites can transmit more than 200 channels of high-fidelity broadcast programming to cable companies and home dishes. Tempo has twice the power and capacity of comparable satellites. It features 32 high-powered Ku-band transponders at 115 Watts, switchable to 16 transpondersders at 220 Watts. Total on-board transmitter power totals 3500 Watts.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Atlas IIA
Variant: IIA
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.471° N, 80.542° W
47
Pad Launches
527
Location Launches
24
Agency Launches
12
Orbital This Year