Comstar 1D
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
Convair
Mission
Comstar 1D
Type: Communications
Geostationary communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Company
Location
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
847 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur – Convair
Family: Atlas
Length: 21 m
Diameter: 3.05 m
Launch Mass: 120 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 800 kg
The Atlas SLV-3D Centaur was manufactured by Convair with the first launch on 1973-04-06. Atlas SLV-3D Centaur has 30 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 32 launches. 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.
Agency
Convair
Type: Commercial
Founded: 1943
Country: USA
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.
