Skynet 2B, a UK Ministry of Defence military geostationary communications satellite launched on a Delta 2313 from Cape Canaveral after the failed Skynet 2A attempt; remained operational for ~20 years.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 436 kg
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 3 Delta 2313 flights
- Date and time
- 23 November 1974, 00:28 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2313
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1974-094
- Launches in 1974
- 101st of 113
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