Atlas II launched USA-127, a UHF Follow-On (UFO-7) satellite for the US Navy's global UHF communications network, from Cape Canaveral; the rocket overperformed, placing the satellite into a higher-than-planned orbit that extended its service life.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T
- Flight
- 9th
- of 10 Atlas II flights
- Date and time
- 25 July 1996, 12:41 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas II
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1996-042
- Launches in 1996
- 46th of 77
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