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Galaxy 10
Delta III · Communications
1998Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Galaxy 10, a Hughes HS-601HP satellite, would have joined PanAmSat's fleet of dual-payload spacecraft serving the United States. It was the first satellite to be carried on the new Boeing Delta-8930 rocket. The launch occurred on 26 August 1998, but the satellite was lost when the Delta-8930 failed.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Delta III
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2