A Titan IVB/Centaur launched the Milstar-2 F3 (USA 164) military communications satellite from Cape Canaveral, the fifth Titan IVB/Centaur mission. Milstar satellites provided secure, jam-resistant EHF/SHF/UHF communications for U.S. forces, this one stationed over European longitudes.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.5 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 7 Titan IVB/Centaur flights
- Date and time
- 16 January 2002, 00:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IVB/Centaur
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2002-001
- Launches in 2002
- 1st of 65
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