LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sat May 23 1981

United States Air Force

Intelsat 501

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(10:42 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(10:42 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(10:42 PM 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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Communications
Geostationary communications satellite

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 36B