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1981 · United States Air Force

FLTSATCOM 5

successAtlas SLV-3D Centaur | FLTSATCOM 5

FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications

Overview

Date / time: August 6, 1981 at 08:16 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 36A
Mission: FLTSATCOM 5
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur →

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Payloads deployed · 1