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Intelsat 501
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 23 May 1981, 10:42 pm UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3D Centaur (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Geostationary communications satellite