Atlas IIA | INTELSAT K

Success US Air Force, Atlas IIA

Mission

Communications · Direct-GEO

Intelsat K, Intelsats first Ku-band only satellite, was originally built as Satcom K4 for GE Americom, but was acquired in 1989 and required extensive payload modifications. It is a single spacecraft purchased to meet critical requirements for Ku-band capacity over the Atlantic region, driven…

Remind me

Before liftoff
Also notify me of

If the launch moves, your reminders move with it, and at the time of your first reminder we tell you the new date.