Skynet 2A, a UK Ministry of Defence military communications satellite intended for geostationary orbit. Delta 2313 from Cape Canaveral LC-17B suffered a stage malfunction and left the satellite in an unusable low orbit; it reentered on 25 January 1974.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 435 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Delta 2313 flights
- Date and time
- 19 January 1974, 01:38 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2313
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1974-002
- Launches in 1974
- 2nd of 113
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