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Class: Communications. Nation: USA. Agency: GE Americom. Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 463 kg.
AS 1000 Chronology
13 December 1975
Satcom 1 Program: Satcom. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 3914. Mass: 464 kg. Perigee: 35,868 km. Apogee: 36,089 km. Inclination: 8.9 deg.
26 March 1976
RCA Satcom 2 Program: Satcom. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 3914. Mass: 463 kg. Perigee: 36,016 km. Apogee: 36,494 km. Inclination: 8.6 deg.
07 December 1979
RCA Satcom 3 Program: Satcom. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 3914. Mass: 463 kg. Perigee: 8,306 km. Apogee: 35,502 km. Inclination: 8.1 deg. Failed before reaching geosynchronous orbit.
Bibliography:- 2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
- 6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
- 279 - McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html
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