Asiasat 4
Atlas
Lockheed Martin
Mission
Asiasat 4
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geosynchronous Orbit
AsiaSat 4 is designed to provide broadcast, telecommunications and broadband multimedia services to the Asia Pacific region, and direct-to-home broadcast servic-es to Hong Kong
Location
Launch Complex 36B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch Complex 36B has witnessed the launch of 76 rockets, including 76 orbital launch attempts. While Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 1005 rocket launches.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Rocket
Lockheed Martin Atlas IIIB
American orbital launch vehicle used between 2000 and 2005.
Agency
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
