NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

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Launch Time
Fri Apr 24, 1981 21:32 UTC

Rocket

Titan III(34)B Agena-D
Martin Marietta
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 2,300 kN
Stages: 3
Rocket Height: 45.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.05 m

Mission Details

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The primary purpose of this series was to monitor Soviet ballistic missile warning radars in the far north. In their elliptical orbits they would move very slowly over the northern hemisphere for most of their orbital period, allowing interception of the radar signals. It was reported, that these satellites operated in conjunction with P-801 ELINT satellites.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 700.0 kg
Molniya Orbit

Location

SLC-4W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

1981

40th orbital launch attempt

Titan III

125th mission
3rd mission of 1981
112th successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission