LAUNCH CENTER

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Wed Sep 18 2002
Lockheed Martin

Hispasat 1D

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

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Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas IIAS

Description:

Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. It was designed to launch payloads into low earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. Sixty-three launches of the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS models were carried out between 1991 and 2004; all sixty-three launches were successes, making the Atlas II the most reliable launch system in history.

Atlas IIAS rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • Hispasat 1D provides a complete range of services: digital T.V. broadcast (including live television), telecommunications, data and video transmission and access to Internet and multi media services.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 36A