The planned launch of the RCA-D Satcom satellite is described. A Delta 3910 configuration which incorporates an extended long tank Thor booster, nine Castor 4 strap-on motors, a TRW-201 second stage, and an 9-foot fairing will place the spacecraft along a suborbital trajectory. A Thiokol propulsion apogee motor stage will place it in a synchronous transfer orbit. Three days after launch, the spacecraft apogee kick motor will be fired at transfer orbit apogee to circularize its orbit at a geosynchronous altitude of 19,300 nautical miles above the equator at approximately 132 miles west longitude.


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