Maiden flight of the Atlas IIIA, the first American rocket flown with a Russian-built RD-180 main engine, carried Eutelsat's W4 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral to serve Russia and Africa from 36°E.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.2 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 2 Atlas IIIA flights
- Date and time
- 24 May 2000, 23:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas IIIA
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2000-028
- Launches in 2000
- 30th of 85
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