DirecTV 2
Atlas IIA
United States Air Force
Mission
DirecTV 2
Type: Communications
DirecTV 2 is a high-powered satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) which began bringing true direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service to homes throughout North America in 1994.
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Location
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
888 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Atlas IIA – Lockheed Martin
- Family: Atlas
- Length: 47.54 m
- Diameter: 3.04 m
- Launch Mass: 204 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 6580 kg
The Atlas IIA was manufactured by Lockheed Martin with the first launch on 1992-06-10. Atlas IIA has 23 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 23 launches. Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. It was designed to launch payloads into low earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. Sixty-three launches of the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS models were carried out between 1991 and 2004; all sixty-three launches were successes, making the Atlas II the most reliable launch system in history.
Agency
United States Air Force – USAF
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: USAF
- Country: USA
