LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Fri Jun 24 1994

General Dynamics

UHF F/O F3

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(1:50 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(1:50 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(1:50 PM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Atlas I

The Atlas I was a US expendable launch system manufactured by General Dynamics in the 1990s to launch a variety of satellites.

Type: Communications
The U.S. Navy began replacing and upgrading its ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications network during the 1990s with a constellation of customized satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company. Known as the UFO (Ultra High Frequency Follow On) series, these HS-601 model satellites support the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 36B