Superbird C

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

01:15:00

Monday July 28, 1997

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Mission Details

Superbird C

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Superbird-C, also known as Superbird-3 or Superbird-A3, was a geostationary communications satellite ordered and operated by Space Communications Corporation (SCC) that was designed and manufactured by Hughes Space and Communications Company (now Boeing Satellite Systems) on the HS-601 satellite bus. It has a pure Ku-band payload and was used to fill the position at 144° East longitude. It provided television signals and business communications services throughout Japan, South Asia, East Asia, and Hawaii.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

3,130 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas IIAS

Active 1993 to 2004

Lockheed Martin logo

Manufacturer

Lockheed

Rocket

Height: 47.5m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 8,618 kg

GTO: 3,933 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,957 Kilonewtons

Stages

2

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

SLC-36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

50 days 6 hours

Stats

Atlas II


29th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 1997

1997


38th

Orbital launch attempt