LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Thu Aug 06 1981
United States Air Force

FLTSATCOM 5

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(8:16 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(8:16 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(8:16 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Description:

The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 36A