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FLTSATCOM 2
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 4 May 1979, 06:57 pm UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3D Centaur (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications