NATO 3A, the first NATO III-series geostationary military communications satellite serving Alliance command links. Delta 2914 (D-122) from Cape Canaveral SLC-17B placed the spacecraft in GEO for secure UHF/SHF military communications.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 670 kg
- Flight
- 11th
- of 30 Delta 2914 flights
- Date and time
- 22 April 1976, 20:46 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1976-035
- Launches in 1976
- 36th of 131
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas