Sep 22 1983
From The Space Library
NASA launched Galaxy-B for Hughes Communications from ESMC on a Delta at 6:16 p.m. into a transfer orbit before moving it on station at 74°W over the equator. Second of 3 for Hughes to relay television, voice, data, and FAX for U.S. business customers, the craft carried 24 transponders and 6 spares, 12 of these already sold to MCI and another to be used by IBM. The Galaxy craft were designed to take full advantage of the concept of private ownership. (NASA MOR M-492-215-83-02 [prelaunch] Sept 20/83, [postlaunch] July 26/84)
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