Status
Success
DSAP-4A F2
Launch Time
Wed Feb 08, 1967 08:00 UTC
Wed Feb 08, 1967 08:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
DSAP-4A F2
DSAP-4A (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 4A) was the fourth version of the military meteorological satellites of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
The DSAP-4A satellites, slightly larger than their predecessors, was 30 inches in diameter, 29 inches high, and weighed 175 pounds. Still spin-stabilized, the satellite nonetheless provided improved weather coverage.
Previously, the single 1/2-inch focal length RCA vidicon television camera in Block 1 and Block 2 satellites furnished a nadir resolution of 3-to-4 nautical miles (nm) over an 800 nm swath, with significant gaps in coverage of the Earth at the equator.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 513.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
SLC-10W (75-2-6), Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
1967
11th orbital launch attempt
Thor-Burner
8th mission
1st mission of 1967
6th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission