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Satellite Fact Sheet
DSCS 3-05
Also called USA 078 (code B14)
General
Designation
21873 / 92006A
Launch date
11 Feb 1992
Country of origin
United States
Mission
Military:
Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit
n/a classified (45°W?)
Launch vehicle
Atlas Centaur
+ IABS
First satellite of the 3B generation. This generation is equipped with reinforced plating to resist to the explosion of an atomic bomb.
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