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Comstar 1A
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 13 May 1976, 10:28 pm UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3D Centaur (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Geostationary communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Company