Status
Success
Vela 2A/2B
Launch Time
Fri Jul 17, 1964 08:22 UTC
Fri Jul 17, 1964 08:22 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Vela 2A/2B
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
1964
49th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Agena
39th mission
7th mission of 1964
27th successful mission
13th consecutive successful mission