Lockheed MartinAtlas IIALaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
GE 1
Launched
September 8, 1996
Image: Department of Defense
Summary
GE 1 launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 8, 1996. It was Lockheed Martin's 20th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,099th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Atlas IIA flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). GE 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 201 × 56,513 km orbit inclined 25.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIA · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 8th Atlas IIA flight · 2nd this yearLockheed Martin's 20th launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,099th orbital launch attempt58th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
GE 1 · NORAD 24315 · 1996-054 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- GE 1
- Object ID
- 1996-054A
- Epoch
- 1996-09-08 13:28:58 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.34147242 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.8107449
- Inclination
- 25.024°
- Ascending node
- 139.5903°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.242°
- Mean anomaly
- 184.0067°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- GE 1 · NORAD 24315
Centaur AC-123 · re-entered March 17, 1997
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
GE-1 is owned by GE Americom and is a continuation of the old RCA/GE Satcom series. GE-1 has 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, and replaced Satcom K1. GE-1 was placed in a supersynchronous transfer orbit of 191 × 56495 km × 25.0 deg.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
56th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 3rd this year · 518th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
131 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did GE 1 launch?
GE 1 launched on September 8, 1996. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch GE 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched GE 1?
Atlas IIA, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIA spec sheet
Where did GE 1 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did GE 1 reach?
GE 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 201 × 56,513 km orbit inclined 25.0°.
How many satellites did GE 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).