Marisat 1, the first Marisat maritime communications satellite built by Hughes for COMSAT General, launched from Cape Canaveral SLC-17B on a Delta 2914 to GEO to provide L-band commercial ship-to-shore service and UHF links for the U.S. Navy.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 738 kg
- Flight
- 10th
- of 30 Delta 2914 flights
- Date and time
- 19 February 1976, 22:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1976-017
- Launches in 1976
- 18th of 131
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