flown missionSuccess
Atlas IIA | INTELSAT K
United States Air ForceLaunch Complex 36B — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- INTELSAT K
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Intelsat K, Intelsats first Ku-band only satellite, was originally built as Satcom K4 for GE Americom, but was acquired in 1989 and required extensive payload modifications. It is a single spacecraft purchased to meet critical requirements for Ku-band capacity over the Atlantic region, driven primarily by international broadcasters.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- IIA
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36B
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4706, -80.5422