LaunchesOrion 1
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Orion 1
Atlas IIA · Communications
1994Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral
Mission
The Orion 1 telecommunications satellite, launched in November 1994, was the first purchase of a European satellite by a US-based company. Its 34 Ku-band transponders serve Europe, the United States to the Rocky Mountains and parts of Canada and Mexico, providing video for broadcast and business television, high-speed Internet access and multimedia services, broadband and data networking.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2 + NASA