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UHF F/O F1

Atlas I

General Dynamics

Launch Status
Success

Mission

UHF F/O F1

Type: Communications

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.

Trajectory

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Location

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

888 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Rocket

Atlas I – General Dynamics

  • Family: Atlas
  • Length: 43.9 m
  • Diameter: 3.05 m
  • Launch Mass: 164 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 5900 kg

The Atlas I was manufactured by General Dynamics with the first launch on 1990-07-25. Atlas I has 9 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 11 launches. The Atlas I was a US expendable launch system manufactured by General Dynamics in the 1990s to launch a variety of satellites.

Agency

General Dynamics – GD

  • Type: Commercial
  • Abbreviation: GD
  • Country: USA
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