Anik A1 (Telesat-1), Canada's first domestic geostationary communications satellite and the world's first national domestic GEO comsat, with 12 C-band transponders for telephone and TV. Delta 1914 from Cape Canaveral LC-17B lofted the Hughes HS-333 craft on 10 November 1972 (maiden flight of the Delta 1914); it served nearly a decade.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 2 Delta 1914 flights
- Date and time
- 10 November 1972, 01:14 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 1914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1972-090
- Launches in 1972
- 96th of 113
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