Atlas Wins Hispasat 1C Ride

The satellite is to be inserted into final geostationary orbit and will join the previous Hispasat 1A and 1B, providing direct to home television services.

By Space Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published December 31, 1999 · Updated March 14, 2026

Madrid, Jan. 27, 1998 – The Madrid, Spain-based Hispasat S.A.
company has chosen the Lockheed Martin/International Launch Services’ Atlas IIAS to lift the firm’s Hispasat 1C satellite into orbit, ILS announced Monday in San Diego, Calif. Aerospatiale Espace of France will build the spacecraft, which is to be launched from Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida in late 1999.

The satellite is to be inserted into final geostationary orbit and will
join the previous Hispasat 1A and 1B, providing direct to home television
services. SpaceCast learned late Monday that the contract award marks the
first Hispasat launch contract for ILS, adding a new customer to the firm’s
clientele. The Atlas IIAS is currently the largest Atlas in service, and
has a 100% launch success rate.

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