Atlas IIA | Hot Bird 5
Status: Success | Launched: Oct 09, 1998 22:50 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Lockheed Martin (Commercial)
- Rocket: Atlas IIA — Atlas family
Mission
Geostationary communications satellite
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 36B
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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