Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:08:00
Wednesday October 31, 1962
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Final flight of Thor DM-21 Ablestar
ANNA 1B was a US Navy geodetic satellite. The mission profile involved ANNA serving as a reference for making precise geodetic surveys, allowing measurement of the force and direction of the gravitational field of the Earth, locating the middle of land masses and establishing surface positions.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
161 kilograms
Agency
US Air ForceRocket
Height: 29m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 150 kg
Liftoff Thrust
760 Kilonewtons
Stages
0
Strap-ons
2
11th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1962
68th
Orbital launch attempt