LaunchesINTELSAT K
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INTELSAT K
Atlas IIA · Communications
1992Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
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 primarily by international broadcasters.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2