Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:32:00
Saturday January 10, 1998
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Skynet is a family of military communications satellites, now operated by Airbus Defence and Space on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence, which provides strategic communication services to the three branches of the British Armed Forces and to NATO forces engaged in coalition tasks.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
1,500 kilograms
Manufacturer
ULARocket
Height: 38.1m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 1,819 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,511 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.9m
Height: 8.49m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
9
66th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1998
2nd
Orbital launch attempt