NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Skynet 4D

Launch Time
Sat Jan 10, 1998 00:32 UTC

Rocket

Delta II 7925
Image Credit: ULA
Boeing
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 3,511 kN
Payload to GTO: 1,819 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 9
Rocket Height: 38.1 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.9 m
Fairing Height: 8.49 m

Mission Details

Skynet 4D

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1998

2nd orbital launch attempt

Delta II

66th mission
1st mission of 1998
64th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission