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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:25:00
Saturday April 3, 1965
Active 1964 to 1967
Agency
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 1,825 kg
Stages
2
First and only nuclear reactor-powered American satellite. Technology demonstration satellite.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Fastest Turnaround
2 days 21 hours
53rd
Mission
5th
Mission of 1965
31st
Orbital launch attempt
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