Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:22:00
Friday July 17, 1964
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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.
Highly Elliptical Orbit
2 Payloads
300 kilograms
39th
Mission
7th
Mission of 1964
49th
Orbital launch attempt