Delta II carried the NATO 4A military communications satellite from Cape Canaveral to geosynchronous transfer orbit, providing NATO forces with secure strategic communications over Europe.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.4 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 36 Delta II 7925 flights
- Date and time
- 8 January 1991, 00:53 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7925
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1991-001
- Launches in 1991
- 1st of 91
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