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FLTSATCOM 5

Success US Air Force, Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

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FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Rocket and boosterAtlas SLV-3D Centaur
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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

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MissionGovernment/Top Secret · Direct-GEO

Government/Top Secret · Direct-GEO

What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
FLTSATCOM 5 1981-073A Payload 36227 × 36295 km · 13.6° Globe
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 1981-073B Rocket body re-entered 1983-04-16

COSPAR ID 1981-073 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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