Launch Failure

Delta 8930 | Galaxy 10

Name: Delta 8930 | Galaxy 10
Start: 1998-08-27T01:17:00.000Z
End: 1998-08-27T01:17:00.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

August 27, 1998 at 1:17 AM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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August 27, 1998 at 1:17 AM UTC

Status: Launch Failure · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4458, -80.5657

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Rocket: Delta 8930
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17B
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: August 27, 1998 at 1:17 AM UTC
Window closes: August 27, 1998 at 1:17 AM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:42 PM UTC

Mission description

Galaxy 10, a Hughes HS-601HP satellite, would have joined PanAmSat's fleet of dual-payload spacecraft serving the United States. It was the first satellite to be carried on the new Boeing Delta-8930 rocket. The launch occurred on 26 August 1998, but the satellite was lost when the Delta-8930 failed.

Vehicle

Delta 8930

Delta · 8930

Height

35 m

Diameter

4 m

LEO capacity

8,290 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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