Satcom 1R, an RCA Americom Advanced Satcom C-band geostationary communications satellite replacing Satcom 1, launched on a Delta 3924 from Cape Canaveral LC-17B for U.S. commercial television, voice, and data relay services.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 5 Delta 3924 flights
- Date and time
- 11 April 1983, 22:39 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 3924
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1983-030
- Launches in 1983
- 31st of 129
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