Failed Atlas G Centaur (AC-67) attempt to place U.S. Navy FLTSATCOM 6, a Block 2 Fleet Satellite Communications spacecraft, into GEO from Cape Canaveral. Lightning struck about 48 s after liftoff, corrupting guidance; the vehicle broke up and range safety destroyed the stack.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 6th
- of 7 Atlas G Centaur flights
- Date and time
- 26 March 1987, 21:22 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas G Centaur
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- Launches in 1987
- 31st of 114