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Rainbow 1
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 17 July 2003, 11:45 pm UTC
Rocket: Atlas V 521 (Atlas)
Provider: Lockheed Martin
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geosynchronous Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Rainbow 1 is a high power Ku-band direct broadcasting satellite providing direct broadcast services across the continental United States.