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Comstar 1D

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Convair

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Comstar 1D

  • Type: Communications
  • Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Geostationary communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Company

Location

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Find the best place to watch the launch from Florida

Launch Complex 36A has witnessed the launch of 69 rockets, including 69 orbital launch attempts. While Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 1029 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

Convair Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Learn more about the Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Agency

Convair

Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953 it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.

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