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1990 · Martin Marietta
Skynet 4A & JCSat 2
success
Commercial Titan III | Skynet 4A & JCSat 2
British and Japanese geostatioary communications satellites
Overview
Date / time
January 1, 1990 at 12:07 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Mission
Skynet 4A & JCSat 2
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Commercial Titan III →
Launch provider
Martin Marietta →
Payloads deployed · 2
JCSAT-2
GEO
SKYNET 4A
GEO