Atlas IIA's AC-110 mission launched the Orion 1 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral into a super-synchronous transfer orbit. Orion 1 was the first satellite purchased from a European manufacturer by a U.S.-based operator, Orion Network Systems.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.3 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 23 Atlas IIA flights
- Date and time
- 29 November 1994, 10:21 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1994-079
- Launches in 1994
- 82nd of 93
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