Lockheed Martin
GE 3
Atlas IIAS
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, September 4, 1997 · 12:03 UTC
Mission
/01GE 3 carries also 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders to provide voice and video communications to North America after parking at 127° W longitude.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Atlas IIAS
Variant: IIAS
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.471° N, 80.542° W
48
Pad Launches
533
Location Launches
27
Agency Launches
52
Orbital This Year