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Atlas IIA | UHF F/O F10

Lockheed Martin · Atlas IIA · Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Lockheed Martin's 45th launch · 7th this year · humanity's 4,356th orbital launch attempt

November 23, 1999Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Nov 23, 04:06Nov 23, 04:06 UTC

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UHF F/O F10

The U.S. Navy began replacing and upgrading its ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications network during the 1990s with a constellation of customized satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company. Known as the UFO (Ultra High Frequency Follow On) series, these HS-601 model satellites support the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.

Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

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Pad — Launch Complex 36B

76 launches from this pad · 1,123 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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