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\<COLOUR 1> SATELLITE: \<COLOUR 0> Fltsatcom 8/USA 46
\<COLOUR 1> TYPE: \<COLOUR 0> Naval communications
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> September 25, 1989
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Cape Canaveral, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Atlas-Centaur
\<COLOUR 1> ORBIT: \<COLOUR 0> Geostationary
\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Cylinder, 1.3 metres long, 2.4 metres diameter
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 1.9 tonnes
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Last in the US Navy's fleet satellite communications series (first launched February 9, 1978);.