Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Vela 1A/1B
Vela was the name of a group of satellites developed as the Vela Hotel element of Project Vela by the United States to detect nuclear detonations to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union.
Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 300.0 kg
Highly Elliptical Orbit
Location
LC-13, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1963
50th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Agena
30th mission
6th mission of 1963
18th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission