Marisat 2 (Marisat F2), a COMSAT maritime communications satellite providing L-band ship-to-shore links for commercial shipping and the U.S. Navy, launched from Cape Canaveral SLC-17A to geostationary orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 738 kg
- Flight
- 12th
- of 30 Delta 2914 flights
- Date and time
- 10 June 1976, 00:09 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1976-053
- Launches in 1976
- 54th of 131
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