Westar 1, Western Union’s first U.S. domestic commercial geostationary communications satellite. Maiden Delta 2914 flight from Cape Canaveral LC-17B on 13 April 1974 placed the Hughes HS-333 craft in GEO for U.S. telephone, television, and data trunk service.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 574 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 30 Delta 2914 flights
- Date and time
- 13 April 1974, 23:33 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1974-022
- Launches in 1974
- 24th of 113
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