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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:49:00
Sunday September 8, 1996
Watch Replay
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GE-1 is owned by GE Americom and is a continuation of the old RCA/GE Satcom series. GE-1 has 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders and replaced Satcom K1. GE-1 was placed in a supersynchronous transfer orbit of 191 × 56495 km × 25.0 deg.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,783 kilograms
24th
Mission
4th
Mission of 1996
58th
Orbital launch attempt