Lockheed Martin
GE 1
Atlas IIA
SUCCESS
Success
Sunday, September 8, 1996 · 21:49 UTC
Mission
/01GE-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.
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 36B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.471° N, 80.542° W
56
Pad Launches
518
Location Launches
20
Agency Launches
58
Orbital This Year