Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:56:02
Monday September 25, 1989
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FLTSATCOM (also FLTSAT) is a satellite communication system controlled by the U.S. Space Force (formally SPAWARSYSCOM) which was used for UHF radio communications between ships, submarines, airplanes, and ground stations of the Navy.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,310 kilograms
68th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1989
78th
Orbital launch attempt