Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:37:00
Friday June 19, 1970
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Aquacade, previously designated Rhyolite, was a class of SIGINT spy satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. The National Security Agency (NSA) was also reportedly involved. The program, also known as SIGAD AFP-720 and SIGAD AFP-472, respectively, is still classified. During the same period, the Canyon SIGINT satellites were in use with an apparently somewhat different set of capabilities.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
700 kilograms
100th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1970
50th
Orbital launch attempt