Symphonie 2, the second Franco-German experimental geostationary communications satellite (CNES/DFVLR) with dual C-band transponders. Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral LC-17A placed the craft in GEO after Europa-2 was cancelled; it operated well past its five-year design life.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 400 kg
- Flight
- 7th
- of 30 Delta 2914 flights
- Date and time
- 27 August 1975, 01:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1975-077
- Launches in 1975
- 81st of 132
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